email.MIMEBase.MIMEBase

Package email :: Module MIMEBase :: Class MIMEBase

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Class MIMEBase

Message --+
          |
         MIMEBase

Known Subclasses:: MIMEMultipart, MIMENonMultipart

Base class for MIME specializations.

Method Summary
	`__init__(self, _maintype, _subtype, **_params)` This constructor adds a Content-Type: and a MIME-Version: header.
Inherited from Message
	`__contains__(self, name)`
	`__delitem__(self, name)` Delete all occurrences of a header, if present.
	`__getitem__(self, name)` Get a header value.
	`__len__(self)` Return the total number of headers, including duplicates.
	`__setitem__(self, name, val)` Set the value of a header.
	`__str__(self)` Return the entire formatted message as a string.
	`add_header(self, _name, _value, **_params)` Extended header setting.
	`add_payload(self, payload)` Add the given payload to the current payload.
	`as_string(self, unixfrom)` Return the entire formatted message as a string.
	`attach(self, payload)` Add the given payload to the current payload.
	`del_param(self, param, header, requote)` Remove the given parameter completely from the Content-Type header.
	`get(self, name, failobj)` Get a header value.
	`get_all(self, name, failobj)` Return a list of all the values for the named field.
	`get_boundary(self, failobj)` Return the boundary associated with the payload if present.
	`get_charset(self)` Return the Charset instance associated with the message's payload.
	`get_charsets(self, failobj)` Return a list containing the charset(s) used in this message.
	`get_content_charset(self, failobj)` Return the charset parameter of the Content-Type header.
	`get_content_maintype(self)` Return the message's main content type.
	`get_content_subtype(self)` Returns the message's sub-content type.
	`get_content_type(self)` Return the message's content type.
	`get_default_type(self)` Return the `default' content type.
	`get_filename(self, failobj)` Return the filename associated with the payload if present.
	`get_main_type(self, failobj)` Return the message's main content type if present.
	`get_param(self, param, failobj, header, unquote)` Return the parameter value if found in the Content-Type header.
	`get_params(self, failobj, header, unquote)` Return the message's Content-Type parameters, as a list.
	`get_payload(self, i, decode)` Return a reference to the payload.
	`get_subtype(self, failobj)` Return the message's content subtype if present.
	`get_type(self, failobj)` Returns the message's content type.
	`get_unixfrom(self)`
	`has_key(self, name)` Return true if the message contains the header.
	`is_multipart(self)` Return True if the message consists of multiple parts.
	`items(self)` Get all the message's header fields and values.
	`keys(self)` Return a list of all the message's header field names.
	`replace_header(self, _name, _value)` Replace a header.
	`set_boundary(self, boundary)` Set the boundary parameter in Content-Type to 'boundary'.
	`set_charset(self, charset)` Set the charset of the payload to a given character set.
	`set_default_type(self, ctype)` Set the `default' content type.
	`set_param(self, param, value, header, requote, charset, language)` Set a parameter in the Content-Type header.
	`set_payload(self, payload, charset)` Set the payload to the given value.
	`set_type(self, type, header, requote)` Set the main type and subtype for the Content-Type header.
	`set_unixfrom(self, unixfrom)`
	`values(self)` Return a list of all the message's header values.
	`walk(self)` Walk over the message tree, yielding each subpart.

Method Details

init(self, _maintype, _subtype, **_params)
(Constructor)

This constructor adds a Content-Type: and a MIME-Version: header.

The Content-Type: header is taken from the _maintype and _subtype
arguments.  Additional parameters for this header are taken from the
keyword arguments.

Overrides:: email.Message.Message.__init__

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Class MIMEBase

__init__(self, _maintype, _subtype, **_params) (Constructor)

init(self, _maintype, _subtype, **_params)
(Constructor)