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SendRawEmail (HTML Email with PDF Attachment)

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Demonstrates how to use the SES SendRawEmail action to send an email with an attachment. Note: The total size of an SES email cannot exceed 10MB.

See SES SendRawEmail for more information.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oEmail
LOCAL cContentType
LOCAL cMimeStr
LOCAL oCrypt
LOCAL cMimeBase64
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.

//  Let's first prepare the email to be sent..
oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
oEmail:Charset := "utf-8"
oEmail:Subject := "Test email with PDF attachment."
oEmail:SetHtmlBody("<html><body><p>This is a test <b>HTML email with a PDF attachment</b></p></body></html>")

//  The AddFileAttachment method returns the content-type selected based on the 
//  file extension.   This example has no need of using the return value..
cContentType := oEmail:AddFileAttachment("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
IF (oEmail:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oEmail:LastErrorText
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Add the From header, and some recipients.
//  The From address should be an email address verified for use
//  as a sender for your Amazon SES account.
//  The From address will also be the Source parameter for the SES SendRawEmail request.
oEmail:From := "Chilkat Software <admin@chilkatdownload.com>"

//  Add recipients...
//  Note: We DO NOT add BCC recipients to the email.  A BCC address should not be
//  present in the MIME header of the email (otherwise it would not be "blind" because
//  other recipients would be able to see it).
//  These same addresses will be added as parameters to the SendRawEmail request.
//  (BCC addresses are added as parameters at that time.)
oEmail:AddTo("Mr. Simulator", "success@simulator.amazonses.com")
oEmail:AddCC("Chilkat Support", "support@chilkatsoft.com")
oEmail:AddCC("Some Yahoo", "somebody@yahoo.com")

//  Get the MIME of the email to be sent.
cMimeStr := oEmail:GetMime()

//  We'll need the MIME base64 encoded for the SES REST request..
oCrypt := CreateObject("Chilkat.Crypt2")
cMimeBase64 := oCrypt:EncodeString(cMimeStr, "utf-8", "base64")

//  OK.. our MIME email is prepared.  Now use Chilkat REST to send it..

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", "SendRawEmail")

oRest:AddQueryParam("RawMessage.Data", cMimeBase64)

//  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 (Thank You!)
//  Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
//  Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
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 != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oEmail:destroy()
    oCrypt:destroy()
    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
    oEmail:destroy()
    oCrypt:destroy()
    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>

oEmail:destroy()
oCrypt:destroy()
oRest:destroy()
oAuthAws:destroy()
oXml:destroy()