[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I figured out how to save an e-mail message as a text file, but I'm
not sure how to decode the encoded part as I am not sure how much I
need to include to decode it properly. Here is what a message looks
like:
The email.parser and email.message modules will do this for you.
But understanding the parts will help you use them properly.
I am 99% sure of the following comments.
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mime-version: 1.0
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date: 31 Jul 2008 17:53:40 +0000
subject: Upload Status for test
content-type: multipart/mixed;
This says multiple mime parts of mixed types
boundary=--boundary_2_09ab8836-
ff06-41a6-94d6-59258539bf88
This is the boundary between parts
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FILETIME=[16D08FD0:01C8F341]
blank lines separate header from body
----boundary_2_09ab8836-ff06-41a6-94d6-59258539bf88
This is the boundary specified above, with '--' prepended
content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable
This is header of first part
Blank separates part header from part boundary
For additional information, please see attachment.
This is first (and last) list of first, plain text part
----boundary_2_09ab8836-ff06-41a6-94d6-59258539bf88
This is boundary ending first part and starting second part
content-type: text/xml; name=status.xml; charset=utf-8
content-transfer-encoding: base64
content-disposition: attachment
This is 2nd part header, specifying base64 coding, which is one of the
two that email.message knows about.
Blank separating header and payload
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PSJvaHV0bHBxeXptM25xd3lrYm9wd3pwdTUiIHN0YXR1cz0ic3VjY2Vzc2Z1bCI+PGNvbnRh
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end of payload, lines in between go to base64 module
----boundary_2_09ab8836-ff06-41a6-94d6-59258539bf88--
End of part 2 and mime body
#I believe
s = message_as_string
m = email.parser.message_from_string(s) # email.message.Message object
p = m.get_payload(1,True)
# should give you the 2nd part as a message with the body base64-decoded
q = p.get_payload() # utf-8 encoded xml string
# I recommend trying out other Message methods
# In particular, you want to be able to retrieve the subfields of
content_type and I don't know exactly how.
Terry Jan Reedy
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