Send Email - C#
Email Send and Decode sample in C# demonstrating ‘Send Email’
Program.cs
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net;
namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample
{
class Program
{
// The authentication key (API Key).
// Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
const String API_KEY = "***********************************";
// Direct URL of source PDF file.
const string SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-info/sample.pdf";
// Email Details
// Please refer to our knowledge base at (https://apidocs.pdf.co/kb/Email%20Send%20(email-send)/index) for SMTP related information
const string From = "John Doe <john@example.com>";
const string To = "Partner <partner@example.com>";
const string Subject = "Check attached sample pdf";
const string BodyText = "Please check the attached pdf";
const string BodyHtml = "Please check the attached pdf";
const string SmtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com";
const string SmtpPort = "587";
const string SmtpUserName = "my@gmail.com";
const string SmtpPassword = "app specific password created as https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create standard .NET web client instance
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
// Set API Key
webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY);
// URL for `Email Send` API call
string url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/email/send";
// Prepare requests params as JSON
Dictionary<string, object> parameters = new Dictionary<string, object>();
parameters.Add("url", SourceFileUrl);
parameters.Add("from", From);
parameters.Add("to", To);
parameters.Add("subject", Subject);
parameters.Add("bodytext", BodyText);
parameters.Add("bodyHtml", BodyHtml);
parameters.Add("smtpserver", SmtpServer);
parameters.Add("smtpport", SmtpPort);
parameters.Add("smtpusername", SmtpUserName);
parameters.Add("smtppassword", SmtpPassword);
// Convert dictionary of params to JSON
string jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters);
try
{
// Execute POST request with JSON payload
string response = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload);
// Parse JSON response
JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);
if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
{
Console.WriteLine("Email Sent Successfully!");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
}
}
catch (WebException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
webClient.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
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