Patched in ability to send emails

zimsoap/client.py

@@ -1639,6 +1639,62 @@ def delete_messages(self, ids):
         return self.request('MsgAction', {'action': {'op': 'delete',
                                                      'id': str_ids}})
 
+    def send_message(self, fr, to, su, msg_content, cc=None, reply=None,
+                     origid=None, sender=None, replace_line_breaks=True):
+        """ Send an email.
+
+        The email has the text/html mimetype, so ensure that
+        any special formatting beyond <br> is done in html
+
+        I kept experiencing issues with the text/plain mimetype
+        which were preventing multiline emails from keeping their
+        line breaks. Perhaps someone else with more knowledge could
+        explain why?
+
+        By default it will replace linebreaks with <br> to
+        allow basic emails to be sent easily. This behavior
+        can be changed by passing replace_line_breaks=False
+
+        Documentation for the call being made can be found at
+        https://files.zimbra.com/docs/soap_api/8.0.4/soap-docs-804/api-reference/zimbraMail/SendMsg.html
+
+        ** Untested, but theoretically **
+
+        To send a reply, pass reply='r' as well as the id of
+        message being replied to as origid={msg_id}
+
+        To forward a message, pass reply='w' and the id of the
+        message to forward as origid={msg_id}
+        """
+        if (replace_line_breaks):
+            msg_content = msg_content.replace('\n', '<br>')
+
+        if sender is None:
+            sender = fr
+
+        params = {'m': {
+            'e': [
+                {'a': fr, 't': 'f'},
+                {'a': to, 't': 't'},
+                {'a': sender, 't': 's'},
+                {'a': cc, 't': 'c'}
+            ],
+            'reply': reply,
+            'mp': [
+                {
+                    'content': msg_content,
+                    'ct': 'text/html'
+                }
+            ],
+            'su': su
+            }
+        }
+
+        if origid:
+            params['m']['origid'] = origid
+
+        return self.request('SendMsg', params)
+
     # Search
     def search(self, query, **kwargs):
         """ Search object in account