Zig Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Outlook Send Email

See more Outlook Examples

This example sends a simple plain-text email. Other examples exist for:

• Sending HTML email.
• Sending HTML email with embedded images.
• Sending email with attachments.
• Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.

Zig

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.

    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();

    // Use your previously obtained access token here:
    // See the following examples for getting an access token:
    //    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
    //    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
    //    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
    //    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).

    const json_token = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json_token.deinit();
    json_token.loadFile("qa_data/tokens/microsoftGraph.json") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json_token.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    http.setAuthToken(try json_token.stringOf(alloc, "access_token"));

    // To send email, we'll POST to the following endpoint:
    //
    // POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/sendMail
    //
    // (The special keyword "me" may be used in place of a principal name.)
    //

    // The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
    // recipients, etc.  This example will build the following JSON email:
    //

    //     {
    //       "message": {
    //         "subject": "Meet for lunch?",
    //         "body": {
    //           "contentType": "Text",
    //           "content": "The new cafeteria is open."
    //         },
    //         "toRecipients": [
    //           {
    //             "emailAddress": {
    //           "name": "Chilkat Software",
    //               "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
    //             }
    //           },
    //           {
    //             "emailAddress": {
    //               "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
    //             }
    //           }
    //         ],
    //         "ccRecipients": [
    //           {
    //             "emailAddress": {
    //           "name": "Chilkat Blog",
    //           "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
    //             }
    //           }
    //         ]
    //       },
    //       "saveToSentItems": true
    //     }
    //

    // Build the above JSON.
    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.updateString("message.subject", "Meet for lunch?") catch {};
    json.updateString("message.body.contentType", "Text") catch {};
    json.updateString("message.body.content", "The new cafeteria is open.") catch {};
    json.updateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name", "Chilkat Software") catch {};
    json.updateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address", "admin@chilkat.io") catch {};
    json.updateString("message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address", "chilkat.support@gmail.com") catch {};
    json.updateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name", "Chilkat Blog") catch {};
    json.updateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address", "admin@cknotes.com") catch {};
    json.updateBool("saveToSentItems", true) catch {};

    // Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the email)
    const resp = try chilkat.HttpResponse.init();
    defer resp.deinit();
    http.httpJson("POST", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail", json, "application/json", resp) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // The send succeeded if the response status code = 202.
    // In the success case, there is no response body.  (We just get the response code to know that it succeeded.)
    if (resp.getStatusCode() != 202) {
        json.load(try resp.getBodyStr(alloc)) catch {};
        json.setEmitCompact(false);
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("Failed, response status code = {d}\n", .{resp.getStatusCode()});
    } else {
        std.debug.print("Outlook Mail Sent.\n", .{});
    }
}