This seems to be a constant issue with the SendGrid Web API and emailing attachments. I\'ve found many, many posts across the web all of whom are having this same issue... but n
Here it is!
Option Explicit
Sub SendEmailUsingSendGrid()
Dim attachmentPath As String: attachmentPath = "C:\temp\test.png"
Dim HttpReqURL As String: HttpReqURL = "https://api.sendgrid.com/api/mail.send.json"
Const adSaveCreateNotExist = 1
Const adSaveCreateOverWrite = 2
Const adTypeBinary = 1
Const adTypeText = 2
Const adModeReadWrite = 3
Dim YOUR_SG_CREDS_USERNAME As String
YOUR_SG_CREDS_USERNAME = "username"
Dim YOUR_SG_CREDS_PASSWORD As String
YOUR_SG_CREDS_PASSWORD = "password"
Dim multiPartUploadBoundary As String
multiPartUploadBoundary = "123456789abc"
Dim eTo As String
eTo = "to@example.com"
Dim eToName As String
eToName = "To Name"
Dim eSubject As String
eSubject = "My Subject"
Dim eBody As String
eBody = "This is a test!"
Dim eFrom As String
eFrom = "from@example.com"
Dim outputStream As Object
Set outputStream = CreateObject("adodb.stream")
outputStream.Type = adTypeText
outputStream.Mode = adModeReadWrite
outputStream.charset = "windows-1252"
outputStream.Open
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "api_user", YOUR_SG_CREDS_USERNAME
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "api_key", YOUR_SG_CREDS_PASSWORD
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "to", eTo
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "toname", eToName
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "subject", eSubject
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "text", eBody
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "from", eFrom
AddFileToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "test.png", "C:\temp\test.png"
outputStream.WriteText "--" + multiPartUploadBoundary + "--" + vbCrLf
Dim binaryStream As Object
Set binaryStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
binaryStream.Mode = 3 'read write
binaryStream.Type = 1 'adTypeText 'Binary
binaryStream.Open
' copy text to binary stream so xmlHttp.send works correctly
outputStream.Position = 0
outputStream.CopyTo binaryStream
outputStream.Close
binaryStream.Position = 0
Dim xmlHttp As Object
Set xmlHttp = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
xmlHttp.Open "POST", HttpReqURL, False
xmlHttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + multiPartUploadBoundary
xmlHttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Length", Len(binaryStream.Size)
xmlHttp.send binaryStream.Read(binaryStream.Size)
binaryStream.Close
End Sub
Sub AddParameterAndValueToStream(stream As Variant, boundary As String, paramName As String, value As String)
stream.WriteText "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
stream.WriteText "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""" + paramName + """" + vbCrLf
stream.WriteText vbCrLf
stream.WriteText value + vbCrLf
End Sub
Sub AddFileToStream(stream As Variant, boundary As String, name As String, filePath As String)
Dim fileBytes As String
fileBytes = ReadBinaryFile(filePath)
stream.WriteText "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
stream.WriteText "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""files[" + name + "]""; filename=""" + name + """" + vbCrLf
stream.WriteText "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" + vbCrLf
stream.WriteText vbCrLf
stream.WriteText fileBytes + vbCrLf
End Sub
Function ReadBinaryFile(strPath)
Dim oFSO: Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim oFile: Set oFile = oFSO.GetFile(strPath)
If IsNull(oFile) Then MsgBox ("File not found: " & strPath): Exit Function
With oFile.OpenAsTextStream()
ReadBinaryFile = .Read(oFile.Size)
.Close
End With
End Function
Please see my "Here it is!" answer. I'm leaving this answer here for historical reasons only.
Try with something like this:
' Set the Server URL to the form input
HttpReqURL = "https://api.sendgrid.com/api/mail.send.json"
boundary = "----------------------------123456789abc"
Set xmlhttp = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
xmlhttp.Open "POST", HttpReqURL, False
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary
dataToSend = "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""api_user""" + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + YOUR_API_USER + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""api_key""" + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + YOUR_API_KEY + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""to""" + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + eTo + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""toname""" + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + eToName + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""subject""" + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + eSubject + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""text""" + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + eBody + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""from""" + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + eFrom + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""files[1]""; filename=""myPDF.pdf""" + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + BASE64ENCODEDFILE + vbCrLf
dataToSend = dataToSend + "--" + boundary + "--" + vbCrLf
xmlhttp.send dataToSend
This code has some additional code and logic to attach multiple attachments:
Option Explicit
Sub SendEmailUsingSendGrid()
Dim HttpReqURL As String: HttpReqURL = "https://api.sendgrid.com/api/mail.send.json"
Const adSaveCreateNotExist = 1
Const adSaveCreateOverWrite = 2
Const adTypeBinary = 1
Const adTypeText = 2
Const adModeReadWrite = 3
Dim YOUR_SG_CREDS_USERNAME As String
YOUR_SG_CREDS_USERNAME = "username"
Dim YOUR_SG_CREDS_PASSWORD As String
YOUR_SG_CREDS_PASSWORD = "password"
Dim multiPartUploadBoundary As String
multiPartUploadBoundary = "123456789abc"
Dim eTo As String
eTo = "to@example.com"
Dim eToName As String
eToName = "To Name"
Dim eSubject As String
eSubject = "My Subject"
Dim eBody As String
eBody = "This is a test!"
Dim eFrom As String
eFrom = "from@example.com"
Dim outputStream As Object
Set outputStream = CreateObject("adodb.stream")
outputStream.Type = adTypeText
outputStream.Mode = adModeReadWrite
outputStream.charset = "windows-1252"
outputStream.Open
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "api_user", YOUR_SG_CREDS_USERNAME
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "api_key", YOUR_SG_CREDS_PASSWORD
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "to", eTo
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "toname", eToName
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "subject", eSubject
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "text", eBody
AddParameterAndValueToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, "from", eFrom
Dim filesToAttach As New Collection
filesToAttach.Add "C:\temp\test.png"
filesToAttach.Add "C:\temp\test2.jpg"
AddMultipleFilesToStream outputStream, multiPartUploadBoundary, filesToAttach
outputStream.WriteText "--" + multiPartUploadBoundary + "--" + vbCrLf
Dim binaryStream As Object
Set binaryStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
binaryStream.Mode = 3 'read write
binaryStream.Type = 1 'adTypeText 'Binary
binaryStream.Open
' copy text to binary stream so xmlHttp.send works correctly
outputStream.Position = 0
outputStream.CopyTo binaryStream
outputStream.Close
binaryStream.Position = 0
Dim xmlHttp As Object
Set xmlHttp = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
xmlHttp.Open "POST", HttpReqURL, False
xmlHttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + multiPartUploadBoundary
xmlHttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Length", Len(binaryStream.Size)
xmlHttp.send binaryStream.Read(binaryStream.Size)
binaryStream.Close
End Sub
Sub AddParameterAndValueToStream(stream As Variant, boundary As String, paramName As String, value As String)
stream.WriteText "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
stream.WriteText "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""" + paramName + """" + vbCrLf
stream.WriteText vbCrLf
stream.WriteText value + vbCrLf
End Sub
Sub AddFileToStream(stream As Variant, boundary As String, name As String, filePath As String)
Dim fileBytes As String
fileBytes = ReadBinaryFile(filePath)
stream.WriteText "--" + boundary + vbCrLf
stream.WriteText "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""files[" + name + "]""; filename=""" + name + """" + vbCrLf
stream.WriteText "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" + vbCrLf
stream.WriteText vbCrLf
stream.WriteText fileBytes + vbCrLf
End Sub
Sub AddMultipleFilesToStream(stream As Variant, boundary As String, filePaths As Collection)
Dim fileCount As Integer
fileCount = filePaths.Count
For n = 1 To fileCount
Dim fileName As String
Dim filePath As String
filePath = filePaths(n)
fileName = Right(filePath, Len(filePath) - InStrRev(filePath, "\"))
AddFileToStream stream, boundary, fileName, filePath
Next n
End Sub
Function ReadBinaryFile(strPath)
Dim oFSO: Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim oFile: Set oFile = oFSO.GetFile(strPath)
If IsNull(oFile) Then MsgBox ("File not found: " & strPath): Exit Function
With oFile.OpenAsTextStream()
ReadBinaryFile = .Read(oFile.Size)
.Close
End With
End Function