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Email attachments

Learn how to test the email attachments with SMSByrd.

Before you begin​

The examples shown below are based on two key assumptions:

  1. That you have already create a basic automated test using our getting started guides.
  2. You have a chosen assertion library that you will use to test the values shown below.

How many attachments​

The attachments property of a message contains an array of attachments. The length of this array corresponds to the number of files attached to the email.

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Testing the file name and content type​

A hashtag icon Each attachment contains metadata on the file name and content type.

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Testing attachment file size​

The length property returns the size of the attached file (in bytes).

Embedded Images​

If an email contains embedded images then the contentId attribute will be populated and will have a corresponding entry in the images array.

Fetching an attachment as base64​

You can fetch the content of an attachment, encoded as base64, using the “get attachment” method:

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Saving an attachment to disk​

You can also write an attached file to disk:

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