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email.encoders

Source code for email.encoders

# Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation
# Author: Barry Warsaw
# Contact: email-sig@python.org

"""Encodings and related functions."""

__all__ = [
    'encode_7or8bit',
    'encode_base64',
    'encode_noop',
    'encode_quopri',
    ]

import base64

from quopri import encodestring as _encodestring




def _qencode(s):
    enc = _encodestring(s, quotetabs=True)
    # Must encode spaces, which quopri.encodestring() doesn't do
    return enc.replace(' ', '=20')


def _bencode(s):
    # We can't quite use base64.encodestring() since it tacks on a "courtesy
    # newline".  Blech!
    if not s:
        return s
    hasnewline = (s[-1] == '\n')
    value = base64.encodestring(s)
    if not hasnewline and value[-1] == '\n':
        return value[:-1]
    return value




[docs]def encode_base64(msg): """Encode the message's payload in Base64. Also, add an appropriate Content-Transfer-Encoding header. """ orig = msg.get_payload() encdata = _bencode(orig) msg.set_payload(encdata) msg['Content-Transfer-Encoding'] = 'base64'
[docs]def encode_quopri(msg): """Encode the message's payload in quoted-printable. Also, add an appropriate Content-Transfer-Encoding header. """ orig = msg.get_payload() encdata = _qencode(orig) msg.set_payload(encdata) msg['Content-Transfer-Encoding'] = 'quoted-printable'
[docs]def encode_7or8bit(msg): """Set the Content-Transfer-Encoding header to 7bit or 8bit.""" orig = msg.get_payload() if orig is None: # There's no payload. For backwards compatibility we use 7bit msg['Content-Transfer-Encoding'] = '7bit' return # We play a trick to make this go fast. If encoding to ASCII succeeds, we # know the data must be 7bit, otherwise treat it as 8bit. try: orig.encode('ascii') except UnicodeError: msg['Content-Transfer-Encoding'] = '8bit' else: msg['Content-Transfer-Encoding'] = '7bit'
[docs]def encode_noop(msg): """Do nothing."""