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- <section id="module-email.mime">
- <span id="email-mime-creating-email-and-mime-objects-from-scratch"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-email.mime" title="email.mime: Build MIME messages."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.mime</span></code></a>: Creating email and MIME objects from scratch<a class="headerlink" href="#module-email.mime" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
- <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.12/Lib/email/mime/">Lib/email/mime/</a></p>
- <hr class="docutils" />
- <p>This module is part of the legacy (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Compat32</span></code>) email API. Its functionality
- is partially replaced by the <a class="reference internal" href="email.contentmanager.html#module-email.contentmanager" title="email.contentmanager: Storing and Retrieving Content from MIME Parts"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">contentmanager</span></code></a> in the new API, but
- in certain applications these classes may still be useful, even in non-legacy
- code.</p>
- <p>Ordinarily, you get a message object structure by passing a file or some text to
- a parser, which parses the text and returns the root message object. However
- you can also build a complete message structure from scratch, or even individual
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message" title="email.message.Message"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Message</span></code></a> objects by hand. In fact, you can also take an
- existing structure and add new <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message" title="email.message.Message"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Message</span></code></a> objects, move them
- around, etc. This makes a very convenient interface for slicing-and-dicing MIME
- messages.</p>
- <p>You can create a new object structure by creating <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message" title="email.message.Message"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Message</span></code></a>
- instances, adding attachments and all the appropriate headers manually. For MIME
- messages though, the <a class="reference internal" href="email.html#module-email" title="email: Package supporting the parsing, manipulating, and generating email messages."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email</span></code></a> package provides some convenient subclasses to
- make things easier.</p>
- <p>Here are the classes:</p>
- <dl class="py class" id="module-email.mime.base">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="email.mime.base.MIMEBase">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">email.mime.base.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">MIMEBase</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_maintype</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_subtype</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">policy</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">compat32</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">_params</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#email.mime.base.MIMEBase" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Module: <a class="reference internal" href="#module-email.mime.base" title="email.mime.base"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.mime.base</span></code></a></p>
- <p>This is the base class for all the MIME-specific subclasses of
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message" title="email.message.Message"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Message</span></code></a>. Ordinarily you won’t create instances
- specifically of <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.base.MIMEBase" title="email.mime.base.MIMEBase"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEBase</span></code></a>, although you could. <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.base.MIMEBase" title="email.mime.base.MIMEBase"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEBase</span></code></a>
- is provided primarily as a convenient base class for more specific
- MIME-aware subclasses.</p>
- <p><em>_maintype</em> is the <em class="mailheader">Content-Type</em> major type (e.g. <em class="mimetype">text</em>
- or <em class="mimetype">image</em>), and <em>_subtype</em> is the <em class="mailheader">Content-Type</em> minor
- type (e.g. <em class="mimetype">plain</em> or <em class="mimetype">gif</em>). <em>_params</em> is a parameter
- key/value dictionary and is passed directly to <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message.add_header" title="email.message.Message.add_header"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Message.add_header</span></code></a>.</p>
- <p>If <em>policy</em> is specified, (defaults to the
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.policy.html#email.policy.Compat32" title="email.policy.Compat32"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compat32</span></code></a> policy) it will be passed to
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message" title="email.message.Message"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Message</span></code></a>.</p>
- <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.base.MIMEBase" title="email.mime.base.MIMEBase"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEBase</span></code></a> class always adds a <em class="mailheader">Content-Type</em> header
- (based on <em>_maintype</em>, <em>_subtype</em>, and <em>_params</em>), and a
- <em class="mailheader">MIME-Version</em> header (always set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1.0</span></code>).</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <em>policy</em> keyword-only parameter.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class" id="module-email.mime.nonmultipart">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">email.mime.nonmultipart.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">MIMENonMultipart</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Module: <a class="reference internal" href="#module-email.mime.nonmultipart" title="email.mime.nonmultipart"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.mime.nonmultipart</span></code></a></p>
- <p>A subclass of <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.base.MIMEBase" title="email.mime.base.MIMEBase"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEBase</span></code></a>, this is an intermediate base
- class for MIME messages that are not <em class="mimetype">multipart</em>. The primary
- purpose of this class is to prevent the use of the
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message.attach" title="email.message.Message.attach"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">attach()</span></code></a> method, which only makes sense for
- <em class="mimetype">multipart</em> messages. If <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message.attach" title="email.message.Message.attach"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">attach()</span></code></a>
- is called, a <a class="reference internal" href="email.errors.html#email.errors.MultipartConversionError" title="email.errors.MultipartConversionError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MultipartConversionError</span></code></a> exception is raised.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class" id="module-email.mime.multipart">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="email.mime.multipart.MIMEMultipart">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">email.mime.multipart.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">MIMEMultipart</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_subtype</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'mixed'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">boundary</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_subparts</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">policy</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">compat32</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">_params</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#email.mime.multipart.MIMEMultipart" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Module: <a class="reference internal" href="#module-email.mime.multipart" title="email.mime.multipart"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.mime.multipart</span></code></a></p>
- <p>A subclass of <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.base.MIMEBase" title="email.mime.base.MIMEBase"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEBase</span></code></a>, this is an intermediate base
- class for MIME messages that are <em class="mimetype">multipart</em>. Optional <em>_subtype</em>
- defaults to <em class="mimetype">mixed</em>, but can be used to specify the subtype of the
- message. A <em class="mailheader">Content-Type</em> header of <em class="mimetype">multipart/_subtype</em>
- will be added to the message object. A <em class="mailheader">MIME-Version</em> header will
- also be added.</p>
- <p>Optional <em>boundary</em> is the multipart boundary string. When <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> (the
- default), the boundary is calculated when needed (for example, when the
- message is serialized).</p>
- <p><em>_subparts</em> is a sequence of initial subparts for the payload. It must be
- possible to convert this sequence to a list. You can always attach new subparts
- to the message by using the <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message.attach" title="email.message.Message.attach"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Message.attach</span></code></a> method.</p>
- <p>Optional <em>policy</em> argument defaults to <a class="reference internal" href="email.policy.html#email.policy.Compat32" title="email.policy.Compat32"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compat32</span></code></a>.</p>
- <p>Additional parameters for the <em class="mailheader">Content-Type</em> header are taken from
- the keyword arguments, or passed into the <em>_params</em> argument, which is a keyword
- dictionary.</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <em>policy</em> keyword-only parameter.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class" id="module-email.mime.application">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="email.mime.application.MIMEApplication">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">email.mime.application.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">MIMEApplication</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_data</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_subtype</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'octet-stream'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_encoder</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">email.encoders.encode_base64</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">policy</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">compat32</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">_params</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#email.mime.application.MIMEApplication" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Module: <a class="reference internal" href="#module-email.mime.application" title="email.mime.application"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.mime.application</span></code></a></p>
- <p>A subclass of <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart" title="email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMENonMultipart</span></code></a>, the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.application.MIMEApplication" title="email.mime.application.MIMEApplication"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEApplication</span></code></a> class is used to represent MIME message objects of
- major type <em class="mimetype">application</em>. <em>_data</em> contains the bytes for the raw
- application data. Optional <em>_subtype</em> specifies the MIME subtype and defaults
- to <em class="mimetype">octet-stream</em>.</p>
- <p>Optional <em>_encoder</em> is a callable (i.e. function) which will perform the actual
- encoding of the data for transport. This callable takes one argument, which is
- the <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.application.MIMEApplication" title="email.mime.application.MIMEApplication"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEApplication</span></code></a> instance. It should use
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message.get_payload" title="email.message.Message.get_payload"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_payload()</span></code></a> and
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message.set_payload" title="email.message.Message.set_payload"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_payload()</span></code></a> to change the payload to encoded
- form. It should also add
- any <em class="mailheader">Content-Transfer-Encoding</em> or other headers to the message
- object as necessary. The default encoding is base64. See the
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.encoders.html#module-email.encoders" title="email.encoders: Encoders for email message payloads."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.encoders</span></code></a> module for a list of the built-in encoders.</p>
- <p>Optional <em>policy</em> argument defaults to <a class="reference internal" href="email.policy.html#email.policy.Compat32" title="email.policy.Compat32"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compat32</span></code></a>.</p>
- <p><em>_params</em> are passed straight through to the base class constructor.</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <em>policy</em> keyword-only parameter.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class" id="module-email.mime.audio">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="email.mime.audio.MIMEAudio">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">email.mime.audio.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">MIMEAudio</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_audiodata</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_subtype</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_encoder</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">email.encoders.encode_base64</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">policy</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">compat32</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">_params</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#email.mime.audio.MIMEAudio" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Module: <a class="reference internal" href="#module-email.mime.audio" title="email.mime.audio"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.mime.audio</span></code></a></p>
- <p>A subclass of <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart" title="email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMENonMultipart</span></code></a>, the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.audio.MIMEAudio" title="email.mime.audio.MIMEAudio"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEAudio</span></code></a> class is used to create MIME message objects of major type
- <em class="mimetype">audio</em>. <em>_audiodata</em> contains the bytes for the raw audio data. If
- this data can be decoded as au, wav, aiff, or aifc, then the
- subtype will be automatically included in the <em class="mailheader">Content-Type</em> header.
- Otherwise you can explicitly specify the audio subtype via the <em>_subtype</em>
- argument. If the minor type could not be guessed and <em>_subtype</em> was not given,
- then <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#TypeError" title="TypeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code></a> is raised.</p>
- <p>Optional <em>_encoder</em> is a callable (i.e. function) which will perform the actual
- encoding of the audio data for transport. This callable takes one argument,
- which is the <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.audio.MIMEAudio" title="email.mime.audio.MIMEAudio"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEAudio</span></code></a> instance. It should use
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message.get_payload" title="email.message.Message.get_payload"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_payload()</span></code></a> and
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message.set_payload" title="email.message.Message.set_payload"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_payload()</span></code></a> to change the payload to encoded
- form. It should also add
- any <em class="mailheader">Content-Transfer-Encoding</em> or other headers to the message
- object as necessary. The default encoding is base64. See the
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.encoders.html#module-email.encoders" title="email.encoders: Encoders for email message payloads."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.encoders</span></code></a> module for a list of the built-in encoders.</p>
- <p>Optional <em>policy</em> argument defaults to <a class="reference internal" href="email.policy.html#email.policy.Compat32" title="email.policy.Compat32"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compat32</span></code></a>.</p>
- <p><em>_params</em> are passed straight through to the base class constructor.</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <em>policy</em> keyword-only parameter.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class" id="module-email.mime.image">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="email.mime.image.MIMEImage">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">email.mime.image.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">MIMEImage</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_imagedata</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_subtype</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_encoder</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">email.encoders.encode_base64</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">policy</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">compat32</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">_params</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#email.mime.image.MIMEImage" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Module: <a class="reference internal" href="#module-email.mime.image" title="email.mime.image"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.mime.image</span></code></a></p>
- <p>A subclass of <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart" title="email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMENonMultipart</span></code></a>, the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.image.MIMEImage" title="email.mime.image.MIMEImage"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEImage</span></code></a> class is used to create MIME message objects of major type
- <em class="mimetype">image</em>. <em>_imagedata</em> contains the bytes for the raw image data. If
- this data type can be detected (jpeg, png, gif, tiff, rgb, pbm, pgm, ppm,
- rast, xbm, bmp, webp, and exr attempted), then the subtype will be
- automatically included in the <em class="mailheader">Content-Type</em> header. Otherwise
- you can explicitly specify the image subtype via the <em>_subtype</em> argument.
- If the minor type could not be guessed and <em>_subtype</em> was not given, then
- <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#TypeError" title="TypeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code></a> is raised.</p>
- <p>Optional <em>_encoder</em> is a callable (i.e. function) which will perform the actual
- encoding of the image data for transport. This callable takes one argument,
- which is the <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.image.MIMEImage" title="email.mime.image.MIMEImage"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEImage</span></code></a> instance. It should use
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message.get_payload" title="email.message.Message.get_payload"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_payload()</span></code></a> and
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message.set_payload" title="email.message.Message.set_payload"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_payload()</span></code></a> to change the payload to encoded
- form. It should also add
- any <em class="mailheader">Content-Transfer-Encoding</em> or other headers to the message
- object as necessary. The default encoding is base64. See the
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.encoders.html#module-email.encoders" title="email.encoders: Encoders for email message payloads."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.encoders</span></code></a> module for a list of the built-in encoders.</p>
- <p>Optional <em>policy</em> argument defaults to <a class="reference internal" href="email.policy.html#email.policy.Compat32" title="email.policy.Compat32"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compat32</span></code></a>.</p>
- <p><em>_params</em> are passed straight through to the <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.base.MIMEBase" title="email.mime.base.MIMEBase"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEBase</span></code></a>
- constructor.</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <em>policy</em> keyword-only parameter.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class" id="module-email.mime.message">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="email.mime.message.MIMEMessage">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">email.mime.message.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">MIMEMessage</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_msg</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_subtype</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'rfc822'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">policy</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">compat32</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#email.mime.message.MIMEMessage" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Module: <a class="reference internal" href="#module-email.mime.message" title="email.mime.message"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.mime.message</span></code></a></p>
- <p>A subclass of <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart" title="email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMENonMultipart</span></code></a>, the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.message.MIMEMessage" title="email.mime.message.MIMEMessage"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEMessage</span></code></a> class is used to create MIME objects of main type
- <em class="mimetype">message</em>. <em>_msg</em> is used as the payload, and must be an instance
- of class <a class="reference internal" href="email.compat32-message.html#email.message.Message" title="email.message.Message"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Message</span></code></a> (or a subclass thereof), otherwise
- a <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#TypeError" title="TypeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code></a> is raised.</p>
- <p>Optional <em>_subtype</em> sets the subtype of the message; it defaults to
- <em class="mimetype">rfc822</em>.</p>
- <p>Optional <em>policy</em> argument defaults to <a class="reference internal" href="email.policy.html#email.policy.Compat32" title="email.policy.Compat32"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compat32</span></code></a>.</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <em>policy</em> keyword-only parameter.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class" id="module-email.mime.text">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="email.mime.text.MIMEText">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">email.mime.text.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">MIMEText</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_text</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_subtype</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'plain'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_charset</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">policy</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">compat32</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#email.mime.text.MIMEText" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Module: <a class="reference internal" href="#module-email.mime.text" title="email.mime.text"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">email.mime.text</span></code></a></p>
- <p>A subclass of <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart" title="email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMENonMultipart</span></code></a>, the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.text.MIMEText" title="email.mime.text.MIMEText"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMEText</span></code></a> class is used to create MIME objects of major type
- <em class="mimetype">text</em>. <em>_text</em> is the string for the payload. <em>_subtype</em> is the
- minor type and defaults to <em class="mimetype">plain</em>. <em>_charset</em> is the character
- set of the text and is passed as an argument to the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart" title="email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MIMENonMultipart</span></code></a> constructor; it defaults
- to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">us-ascii</span></code> if the string contains only <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ascii</span></code> code points, and
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">utf-8</span></code> otherwise. The <em>_charset</em> parameter accepts either a string or a
- <a class="reference internal" href="email.charset.html#email.charset.Charset" title="email.charset.Charset"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Charset</span></code></a> instance.</p>
- <p>Unless the <em>_charset</em> argument is explicitly set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, the
- MIMEText object created will have both a <em class="mailheader">Content-Type</em> header
- with a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">charset</span></code> parameter, and a <em class="mailheader">Content-Transfer-Encoding</em>
- header. This means that a subsequent <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_payload</span></code> call will not result
- in an encoded payload, even if a charset is passed in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_payload</span></code>
- command. You can “reset” this behavior by deleting the
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Content-Transfer-Encoding</span></code> header, after which a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_payload</span></code> call
- will automatically encode the new payload (and add a new
- <em class="mailheader">Content-Transfer-Encoding</em> header).</p>
- <p>Optional <em>policy</em> argument defaults to <a class="reference internal" href="email.policy.html#email.policy.Compat32" title="email.policy.Compat32"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compat32</span></code></a>.</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.5: </span><em>_charset</em> also accepts <a class="reference internal" href="email.charset.html#email.charset.Charset" title="email.charset.Charset"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Charset</span></code></a> instances.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <em>policy</em> keyword-only parameter.</p>
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