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SES Send Plain-Text Email

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Sends a simple plain-text email to one or more recipients.

See SES SendEmail for more information.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBTls
LOCAL nPort
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oAuthAws
LOCAL cResponseXml
LOCAL oXml

nSuccess := 0

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

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

//  Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
//  such as https://email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
nBTls := 1
nPort := 443
nBAutoReconnect := 1
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", nPort, nBTls, nBAutoReconnect)

//  Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
oAuthAws := CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAws")
oAuthAws:AccessKey := "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
oAuthAws:SecretKey := "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
//  the region should match our URL above..
oAuthAws:Region := "us-west-2"
oAuthAws:ServiceName := "ses"

oRest:SetAuthAws(oAuthAws)

oRest:AddQueryParam("Action", "SendEmail")

oRest:AddQueryParam("Message.Body.Text.Data", "This is a sample plain-text email.")
oRest:AddQueryParam("Message.Body.Text.Charset", "utf-8")

oRest:AddQueryParam("Message.Subject.Data", "Sample plain-text SES email")
oRest:AddQueryParam("Message.Subject.Charset", "utf-8")

//  Add up to 100 TO, CC, and BCC recipients.
//  If your SES account is still in the sandbox, you also must verify every recipient email address except for the recipients 
//  provided by the Amazon SES mailbox simulator. (See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/mailbox-simulator.html)
oRest:AddQueryParam("Destination.ToAddresses.member.1", "success@simulator.amazonses.com")
//  Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
//  Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
//  Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
oRest:AddQueryParam("Destination.CcAddresses.member.1", "support@chilkatsoft.com")
oRest:AddQueryParam("Destination.CcAddresses.member.2", "somebody@yahoo.com")
oRest:AddQueryParam("Destination.BccAddresses.member.1", "somebody@gmail.com")

oRest:AddQueryParam("Source", "admin@chilkatdownload.com")

//  Because there may be a large amount of data in the query params, use a POST
//  where the params are sent in the body of the HTTP Request.
cResponseXml := oRest:FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST", "/")
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    oAuthAws:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
IF (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 200)
    ? "response status code = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "response body: " + cResponseXml
    oRest:destroy()
    oAuthAws:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Examine the successful XML response.
oXml := CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
oXml:LoadXml(cResponseXml)
? oXml:GetXml()

//  To get the MessageId
? "MessageId: " + oXml:ChilkatPath("SendEmailResult|MessageId|*")

//  A sample successful response:
//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
//  <SendEmailResponse xmlns="http://ses.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-12-01/">
//      <SendEmailResult>
//          <MessageId>010101579081d2c1-043c693f-5a23-4c64-a8c1-66187d3725a0-000000</MessageId>
//      </SendEmailResult>
//      <ResponseMetadata>
//          <RequestId>e2b5b480-8a4e-11e6-85cd-21b1f1f6d432</RequestId>
//      </ResponseMetadata>
//  </SendEmailResponse>

oRest:destroy()
oAuthAws:destroy()
oXml:destroy()