[SOLVED] Sending Emails with PNG and PDF Attachment

[thr]

Hello together,

i have a question regarding sending Emails from a perl module in OTRS. I am trying to send a mail with 2 attachements, one being a png-image and a pdf-document. I did a bit of research and also found one code-example in the OTRS-API. I got so far, that sending the email works just fine and also there looks to be an attachement (i started with the png image), but the problem is, this attachement is only 1kb of size and empty image file. Heres the code i am using:

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        my $mailobject = $SendObject->Send(
            From          => '....',
            To            => '...',
            Subject       => '',
            Charset       => 'utf-8',
            MimeType      => 'text/plain',
            Body          => 'my text',
            Attachment   => [
                {
                    Filename    => "testfile.png",
                    Content     => "empty",
                    ContentType => "image/png",
                }
            ],
	...
        );

Like i said, sending the email works without any problems, just the attachement doesn't. I think the problem is the "Content"-Parameter in the attachments-section, i don't really know what i have to put in there. The OTRS Api puts a variable "Content => $ContentPNG" in, but i don't have this variable, and also don't know what is in there. Can anyone give me a hint?

And one further question what would be the Content and the ContentType for a pdf-attachment? Is the content-type "application/pdf"??

[reneeb]

You have to put the content of the file to the Content key.

So this should help

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        my $PNGContent = $Self->{MainObject}->FileRead(
            Location          => '/path/to/the/testfile.png',
            Mode          => 'binmode',
        );     
        my $mailobject = $SendObject->Send(
            From          => '....',
            To            => '...',
            Subject       => '',
            Charset       => 'utf-8',
            MimeType      => 'text/plain',
            Body          => 'my text',
            Attachment   => [
                {
                    Filename    => "testfile.png",
                    Content     => ${$PNGContent},
                    ContentType => "image/png",
                }
            ],
   ...
        );

The same applies for the PDF attachment. The content-type is - as you said - application/pdf

[thr]

Thanks very much, thats sounds good, will try it as soon as possible

[thr]

Works like a charm, thank you.