Chilkat Online Tools

VB.NET / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Send Mail

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

' The following JSON is sent in the request body.

' {
'   "data": [
'     {
'       "from": {
'         "user_name": "Patricia Boyle",
'         "email": "p.boyle@abc.com"
'       },
'       "to": [
'         {
'           "user_name": "user1",
'           "email": "user1@gmail.com"
'         }
'       ],
'       "cc": [
'         {
'           "user_name": "user2",
'           "email": "user2email@zoho.com"
'         }
'       ],
'       "bcc": [
'         {
'           "user_name": "user3",
'           "email": "user3email@zoho.com"
'         }
'       ],
'       "reply_to": {
'         "user_name": "user4",
'         "email": "user4email@zoho.com"
'       },
'       "org_email": false,
'       "in_reply_to": "2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd8186486f1eb0360aee76d802b6d376dea97e7",
'       "scheduled_time": "2020-06-12T12:12:12+05:30",
'       "subject": "Testing Send Mail API",
'       "content": "<h3><span style=\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\">Mail is of rich text format</span></h3><h3><span style=\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\"><img src=\"https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/viewInLineImage?fileContent=2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd818646fd5e5167a274098b625c35654a20ed2\"></span></h3><h3><span style=\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\">REGARDS,</span></h3><div><span style=\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\">AZ</span></div><div><span style=\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\">ADMIN</span></div> <div></div>",
'       "mail_format": "html",
'       "attachments": [
'         {
'           "id": "2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd818646fd5e5167a274098b625c35654a20ed2"
'         }
'       ]
'     }
'   ]
' }

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("data[0].from.user_name","Patricia Boyle")
json.UpdateString("data[0].from.email","p.boyle@abc.com")
json.UpdateString("data[0].to[0].user_name","user1")
json.UpdateString("data[0].to[0].email","user1@gmail.com")
json.UpdateString("data[0].cc[0].user_name","user2")
json.UpdateString("data[0].cc[0].email","user2email@zoho.com")
json.UpdateString("data[0].bcc[0].user_name","user3")
json.UpdateString("data[0].bcc[0].email","user3email@zoho.com")
json.UpdateString("data[0].reply_to.user_name","user4")
json.UpdateString("data[0].reply_to.email","user4email@zoho.com")
json.UpdateBool("data[0].org_email",False)
json.UpdateString("data[0].in_reply_to","2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd8186486f1eb0360aee76d802b6d376dea97e7")
json.UpdateString("data[0].scheduled_time","2020-06-12T12:12:12+05:30")
json.UpdateString("data[0].subject","Testing Send Mail API")
json.UpdateString("data[0].content","<h3><span style=""background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)"">Mail is of rich text format</span></h3><h3><span style=""background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)""><img src=""https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/viewInLineImage?fileContent=2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd818646fd5e5167a274098b625c35654a20ed2""></span></h3><h3><span style=""background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)"">REGARDS,</span></h3><div><span style=""background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)"">AZ</span></div><div><span style=""background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)"">ADMIN</span></div> <div></div>")
json.UpdateString("data[0].mail_format","html")
json.UpdateString("data[0].attachments[0].id","2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd818646fd5e5167a274098b625c35654a20ed2")

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/crm/v2.1/Leads/{{record_id}}/actions/send_mail","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())

Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")

    Exit Sub
End If



' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

' {
'   "data": [
'     {
'       "code": "SUCCESS",
'       "details": {
'         "message_id": "9943645bd4411e51145e0515bd77e38058ef4386573e33fc3c5a988ba3a2dead"
'       },
'       "message": "Your mail has been scheduled successfully.",
'       "status": "success"
'     }
'   ]
' }

' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code



Dim code As String
Dim Message_id As String
Dim message As String
Dim status As String

Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("data")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    code = jResp.StringOf("data[i].code")
    Message_id = jResp.StringOf("data[i].details.message_id")
    message = jResp.StringOf("data[i].message")
    status = jResp.StringOf("data[i].status")
    i = i + 1
End While

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-d '{
    "data": [
        {
            "from": {
                "user_name": "Patricia Boyle",
                "email": "p.boyle@abc.com"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "user_name": "user1",
                    "email": "user1@gmail.com"
                }
            ],
            "cc": [
                {
                    "user_name": "user2",
                    "email": "user2email@zoho.com"
                }
            ],
            "bcc": [
                {
                    "user_name": "user3",
                    "email": "user3email@zoho.com"
                }
            ],
            "reply_to": {
                "user_name": "user4",
                "email": "user4email@zoho.com"
            },
            "org_email": false,
            "in_reply_to": "2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd8186486f1eb0360aee76d802b6d376dea97e7",
            "scheduled_time": "2020-06-12T12:12:12+05:30",
            "subject": "Testing Send Mail API",
            "content": "<h3><span style=\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\">Mail is of rich text format</span></h3><h3><span style=\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\"><img src=\"https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/viewInLineImage?fileContent=2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd818646fd5e5167a274098b625c35654a20ed2\"></span></h3><h3><span style=\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\">REGARDS,</span></h3><div><span style=\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\">AZ</span></div><div><span style=\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\">ADMIN</span></div> <div></div>",
            "mail_format": "html",
            "attachments": [
                {
                    "id": "2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd818646fd5e5167a274098b625c35654a20ed2"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2.1/Leads/{{record_id}}/actions/send_mail

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Send Mail",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"from\": {\n                \"user_name\": \"Patricia Boyle\",\n                \"email\": \"p.boyle@abc.com\"\n            },\n            \"to\": [\n                {\n                    \"user_name\": \"user1\",\n                    \"email\": \"user1@gmail.com\"\n                }\n            ],\n            \"cc\": [\n                {\n                    \"user_name\": \"user2\",\n                    \"email\": \"user2email@zoho.com\"\n                }\n            ],\n            \"bcc\": [\n                {\n                    \"user_name\": \"user3\",\n                    \"email\": \"user3email@zoho.com\"\n                }\n            ],\n            \"reply_to\": {\n                \"user_name\": \"user4\",\n                \"email\": \"user4email@zoho.com\"\n            },\n            \"org_email\": false,\n            \"in_reply_to\": \"2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd8186486f1eb0360aee76d802b6d376dea97e7\",\n            \"scheduled_time\": \"2020-06-12T12:12:12+05:30\",\n            \"subject\": \"Testing Send Mail API\",\n            \"content\": \"<h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">Mail is of rich text format</span></h3><h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\"><img src=\\\"https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/viewInLineImage?fileContent=2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd818646fd5e5167a274098b625c35654a20ed2\\\"></span></h3><h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">REGARDS,</span></h3><div><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">AZ</span></div><div><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">ADMIN</span></div> <div></div>\",\n            \"mail_format\": \"html\",\n            \"attachments\": [\n                {\n                    \"id\": \"2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd818646fd5e5167a274098b625c35654a20ed2\"\n                }\n            ]\n        }\n    ]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/{{record_id}}/actions/send_mail",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2.1",
        "Leads",
        "{{record_id}}",
        "actions",
        "send_mail"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "SUCCESS RESPONSE",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"from\": {\n                \"user_name\": \"Patricia Boyle\",\n                \"email\": \"patricia.b@zylker.com\"\n            },\n            \"to\": [\n                {\n                    \"user_name\": \"User 2\",\n                    \"email\": \"user2@gmail.com\"\n                }\n            ],\n            \n            \"reply_to\": {\n               \"user_name\": \"User 3\",\n                    \"email\": \"user3@gmail.com\"\n            },\n            \"org_email\": false,\n            \"in_reply_to\": \"2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd8186486f1eb0360aee76d802b6d376dea97e7\",\n            \"scheduled_time\": \"2021-06-12T12:12:12+05:30\",\n            \"subject\": \"Testing Send Mail API\",\n            \"content\": \"<h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">Mail is of rich text format</span></h3><h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\"><img src=\\\"https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/viewInLineImage?fileContent=2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd818646fd5e5167a274098b625c35654a20ed2\\\"></span></h3><h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">REGARDS,</span></h3><div><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">AZ</span></div><div><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">ADMIN</span></div> <div></div>\",\n            \"mail_format\": \"html\"\n        }\n    ]\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004479013/actions/send_mail",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "Leads",
            "4150868000004479013",
            "actions",
            "send_mail"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 10 May 2021 12:38:49 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "195"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "Pragma",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-ACCESSTOKEN-RESET",
          "value": "2021-05-10T19:05:30+05:30"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientVersion",
          "value": "4019232"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientsubVersion",
          "value": "19804a82a902c9fa618d2b359b97e26a"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Disposition",
          "value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Language",
          "value": "en-US"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=63072000"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"code\": \"SUCCESS\",\n            \"details\": {\n                \"message_id\": \"9943645bd4411e51145e0515bd77e38058ef4386573e33fc3c5a988ba3a2dead\"\n            },\n            \"message\": \"Your mail has been scheduled successfully.\",\n            \"status\": \"success\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "INVALID_REQUEST_METHOD",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "COPY",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"from\": {\n                \"user_name\": \"Patricia Boyle\",\n                \"email\": \"patricia.b@zylker.com\"\n            },\n            \"to\": [\n                {\n                    \"user_name\": \"User 2\",\n                    \"email\": \"user2@gmail.com\"\n                }\n            ],\n            \n            \"reply_to\": {\n               \"user_name\": \"User 3\",\n                    \"email\": \"user3@gmail.com\"\n            },\n            \"org_email\": false,\n            \"in_reply_to\": \"2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd8186486f1eb0360aee76d802b6d376dea97e7\",\n            \"scheduled_time\": \"2021-06-12T12:12:12+05:30\",\n            \"subject\": \"Testing Send Mail API\",\n            \"content\": \"<h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">Mail is of rich text format</span></h3><h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\"><img src=\\\"https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/viewInLineImage?fileContent=2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd818646fd5e5167a274098b625c35654a20ed2\\\"></span></h3><h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">REGARDS,</span></h3><div><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">AZ</span></div><div><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">ADMIN</span></div> <div></div>\",\n            \"mail_format\": \"html\"\n        }\n    ]\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004479013/actions/send_mail",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "Leads",
            "4150868000004479013",
            "actions",
            "send_mail"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 10 May 2021 12:39:53 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "124"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "deny"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"INVALID_REQUEST_METHOD\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"The http request method type is not a valid one\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"from\": {\n                \"user_name\": \"Patricia Boyle\",\n                \"email\": \"patricia.b@zylker.com\"\n            },\n            \"to\": [\n                {\n                    \"user_name\": \"User 2\",\n                    \"email\": \"user2@gmail.com\"\n                }\n            ],\n            \n            \"reply_to\": {\n               \"user_name\": \"User 3\",\n                    \"email\": \"user3@gmail.com\"\n            },\n            \"org_email\": false,\n            \"in_reply_to\": \"2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd8186486f1eb0360aee76d802b6d376dea97e7\",\n            \"scheduled_time\": \"2021-06-12T12:12:12+05:30\",\n            \"subject\": \"Testing Send Mail API\",\n            \"content\": \"<h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">Mail is of rich text format</span></h3><h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\"><img src=\\\"https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/viewInLineImage?fileContent=2cceafa194d037b63f2000181dd818646fd5e5167a274098b625c35654a20ed2\\\"></span></h3><h3><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">REGARDS,</span></h3><div><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">AZ</span></div><div><span style=\\\"background-color: rgb(254, 255, 102)\\\">ADMIN</span></div> <div></div>\",\n            \"mail_format\": \"html\"\n        }\n    ]\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004479013/actions/send_mail",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "Leads",
            "4150868000004479013",
            "actions",
            "send_mail"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Unauthorized",
      "code": 401,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 10 May 2021 12:41:57 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "98"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "Pragma",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"Authentication failed\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}