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Build a multipart/related MIME Message

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Demonstrates how to construct a multipart/related MIME message containing HTML and a related JPG image.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    // Start with an empty MIME object...
    const mime = try chilkat.Mime.init();
    defer mime.deinit();

    // Initialize it as multipart/related.
    mime.newMultipartRelated() catch {};

    // Set a top-level MIME header field.
    mime.setHeaderField("Subject", "Test HTML email with JPG image.") catch {};

    // Generate a Content-ID.  This will contain random data that will allow
    // the HTML's "img" tag to reference the image part in the MIME.
    const crypt = try chilkat.Crypt2.init();
    defer crypt.deinit();
    crypt.setEncodingMode("hex");

    const sb_content_id = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_content_id.deinit();
    sb_content_id.append("part1.") catch {};
    sb_content_id.append(try crypt.genRandomBytesENC(alloc, 4)) catch {};
    sb_content_id.append(".") catch {};
    sb_content_id.append(try crypt.genRandomBytesENC(alloc, 4)) catch {};
    sb_content_id.append("@chilkatsoft.com") catch {};

    // Create the HTML body.
    const sb_html = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_html.deinit();
    sb_html.append("<html><head>\r\n") catch {};
    sb_html.append("<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n") catch {};
    sb_html.append("  </head>\r\n") catch {};
    sb_html.append("  <body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" text=\"#000000\">\r\n") catch {};
    sb_html.append("    <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src=\"cid:CONTENT_ID\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\"></p>\r\n") catch {};
    sb_html.append("  </body>\r\n") catch {};
    sb_html.append("</html>\r\n") catch {};
    var num_replacements: i32 = sb_html.replace("CONTENT_ID", try sb_content_id.getAsString(alloc));

    // Create the HTML MIME part.
    const html_mime = try chilkat.Mime.init();
    defer html_mime.deinit();
    html_mime.setBodyFromHtml(try sb_html.getAsString(alloc)) catch {};
    html_mime.setEncoding("8bit");
    html_mime.setCharset("utf-8");

    // Load our JPG image from a file.
    const fac = try chilkat.FileAccess.init();
    defer fac.deinit();

ERROR: Method not in the Zig package: FileAccess.ReadEntireFile
ERROR: Method not in the Zig package: FileAccess.ReadEntireFile
    jpg_bytes = fac.ERROR();

    // Create an image/jpeg MIME part.
    const jpg_mime = try chilkat.Mime.init();
    defer jpg_mime.deinit();
ERROR: Method not in the Zig package: Mime.SetBodyFromBinary
    _ = jpg_mime.ERROR();
    // Setting the following properties has the effect of adding
    // the Content-Type, Content-Transfer-Encoding, and Content-Disposition header fields.
    // These header fields could also be set via the SetHeaderField method, in which case
    // the values of the affected properties would be updated.
    jpg_mime.setContentType("image/jpeg");
    jpg_mime.setName("starfish20.jpg");
    jpg_mime.setEncoding("base64");
    jpg_mime.setDisposition("inline");
    jpg_mime.setFilename("starfish20.jpg");

    const sb_content_id_hdr = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_content_id_hdr.deinit();
    sb_content_id_hdr.append("<CONTENT_ID>") catch {};
    num_replacements = sb_content_id_hdr.replace("CONTENT_ID", try sb_content_id.getAsString(alloc));
    jpg_mime.setHeaderField("Content-ID", try sb_content_id_hdr.getAsString(alloc)) catch {};

    // Add both parts as children of the multipart/related
    mime.appendPart(html_mime) catch {};
    mime.appendPart(jpg_mime) catch {};
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try mime.getMime(alloc)});

    // --------------------------------------------------------------
    // --------------------------------------------------------------
    // This example builds the following MIME message.  The boundary
    // and Content-ID strings contain random data and will be different.

    // Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB"
    // Subject: Test HTML email with JPG image.
    //
    // --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
    // Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
    // Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
    //
    // <html><head>
    // <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
    //   </head>
    //   <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
    //     <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src="cid:part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com" height="20" width="20"></p>
    //   </body>
    // </html>
    //
    // --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
    // Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
    // Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="starfish20.jpg"
    // Content-Disposition: inline; filename="starfish20.jpg"
    // Content-ID: <part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com>
    //
    // /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD//gAmRmlsZSB3cml0dGVuIGJ5IEFkb2JlIFBob3Rvc2hvcD8g
    // NC4w/9sAQwAQCwwODAoQDg0OEhEQExgoGhgWFhgxIyUdKDozPTw5Mzg3QEhcTkBEV0U3OFBtUVdf
    // YmdoZz5NcXlwZHhcZWdj/9sAQwEREhIYFRgvGhovY0I4QmNjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj
    // Y2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj/8IAEQgAFAAUAwERAAIRAQMRAf/EABcAAAMBAAAA
    // AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDBAX/xAAYAQADAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEAP/aAAwDAQACEAMQAAAB2kZY
    // NNEijWKddfTmLgALWH//xAAbEAACAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMRAAQSE//aAAgBAQABBQL0XqN+
    // pM2aqJGMiqFFCyg7z//EABwRAAICAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAERAAIQIQMSUf/aAAgBAwEBPwHqU5aq
    // Axx+y1tMQl4elj//xAAcEQEAAQUBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAABEQACEBIhA1H/2gAIAQIBAT8B3Bhqy7Zc
    // enyiwmGgDhiOzj//xAAdEAABAwUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAIREBIhIkFR/9oACAEBAAY/ArZyn+Cg
    // xtxWuJaoCnqDuin/xAAcEAABBAMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABABEhYRAxQVH/2gAIAQEAAT8hkEwPUUR9
    // DYfE4nxtRpIkBTsayuALIiuY/9oADAMBAAIAAwAAABDWPTsf/8QAGhEAAwADAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    // AAEREDFBIf/aAAgBAwEBPxC0DVPcWm+Ce4OesrkE6bjH/8QAGBEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREA
    // QRD/2gAIAQIBAT8QahMiOc8YgSrnTY3ELclHXn//xAAcEAEBAAIDAQEAAAAAAAAAAAABEQAhMUFx
    // EFH/2gAIAQEAAT8Qn3igmSZSj+c4N4zapMy9IjFV98wncN2iuLFsCEbDGxQkI6RO/n//2Q==
    //
    // --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB--
    //
}