VB.NET

Send HTML Email with Image Downloaded from URL

Demonstrates how to compose an HTML email with an embedded image where the image data is downloaded from a URL.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

' First download the image we'll be adding to the HTML "img" tag.
Dim bdJpg As New Chilkat.BinData
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
success = http.QuickGetBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg",bdJpg)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan

' Use your SMTP server..
mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.yourserver.com"
mailman.SmtpPort = 587
mailman.StartTLS = True

' Set the SMTP login/password
mailman.SmtpUsername = "my_login"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "my_password"

' Create an HTML email.
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
email.Subject = "HTML Email with Image"
email.From = "Dave <somebody@mydomain.com>"
email.AddTo("Chilkat","info@chilkatsoft.com")

Dim html As String = "<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p><p><img src=""starfish.jpg"" /></p></body></html>"
email.SetHtmlBody(html)

' Note: The "starfish.jpg" here must match the name in the "img" tag's "src" attribute in the HTML above.
success = email.AddRelatedBd2(bdJpg,"starfish.jpg")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


email.SaveEml("qa_output/out.eml")

' success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
' if (success == ckfalse) {
'     println mailman.LastErrorText;
'     return;
' }
' 
' ignore = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();

Debug.WriteLine("Success.")