Commit 28bc711f authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Added section for MimeWriter, contributed by Christopher Petrilli

<petrilli@amber.org>.

This spells the end of another whole section in the undoc chapter!
parent f7bf3b2b
...@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ add new extensions to Python and how to embed it in other applications. ...@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ add new extensions to Python and how to embed it in other applications.
\input{libformatter} \input{libformatter}
\input{librfc822} \input{librfc822}
\input{libmimetools} \input{libmimetools}
\input{libmimewriter}
\input{libmultifile} \input{libmultifile}
\input{libbinhex} \input{libbinhex}
\input{libuu} \input{libuu}
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\section{\module{MimeWriter} ---
Generic MIME file writer}
\declaremodule{standard}{MimeWriter}
\modulesynopsis{Generic MIME file writer.}
\sectionauthor{Christopher G. Petrilli}{petrilli@amber.org}
This module defines the class \class{MimeWriter}. The
\class{MimeWriter} class implements a basic formatter for creating
MIME multi-part files. It doesn't seek around the output file nor
does it use large amounts of buffer space. You must write the parts
out in the order that they should occur in the final
file. \class{MimeWriter} does buffer the headers you add, allowing you
to rearrange their order.
\begin{classdesc}{MimeWriter}{fp}
Return a new instance of the \class{MimeWriter} class. The only
argument passed, \var{fp}, is a file object to be used for
writing. Note that a \class{StringIO} object could also be used.
\end{classdesc}
\subsection{MimeWriter Objects \label{MimeWriter-objects}}
\class{MimeWriter} instances have the following methods:
\begin{methoddesc}{addheader}{key, value\optional{, prefix}}
Add a header line to the MIME message. The \var{key} is the name of
the header, where the \var{value} obviously provides the value of the
header. The optional argument \var{prefix} determines where the header
is inserted; \samp{0} means append at the end, \samp{1} is insert at
the start. The default is to append.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{flushheaders}{}
Causes all headers accumulated so far to be written out (and
forgotten). This is useful if you don't need a body part at all,
e.g.\ for a subpart of type \mimetype{message/rfc822} that's (mis)used
to store some header-like information.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{startbody}{ctype\optional{, plist\optional{, prefix}}}
Returns a file-like object which can be used to write to the
body of the message. The content-type is set to the provided
\var{ctype}, and the optional parameter \var{plist} provides
additional parameters for the content-type declaration. \var{prefix}
functions as in \method{addheader()} except that the default is to
insert at the start.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{startmultipartbody}{subtype\optional{,
boundary\optional{, plist\optional{, prefix}}}}
Returns a file-like object which can be used to write to the
body of the message. Additionally, this method initializes the
multi-part code, where \var{subtype} provides the mutlipart subtype,
\var{boundary} may provide a user-defined boundary specification, and
\var{plist} provides optional parameters for the subtype.
\var{prefix} functions as in \method{startbody()}. Subparts should be
created using \method{nextpart()}.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{nextpart}{}
Returns a new instance of \class{MimeWriter} which represents an
individual part in a multipart message. This may be used to write the
part as well as used for creating recursively complex multipart
messages. The message must first be initialized with
\method{startmultipartbody()} before using \method{nextpart()}.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{lastpart}{}
This is used to designate the last part of a multipart message, and
should \emph{always} be used when writing multipart messages.
\end{methoddesc}
...@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ This is a package rather than a module. ...@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ This is a package rather than a module.
\end{description} \end{description}
\section{Stuff useful to a lot of people, including the CGI crowd}
\begin{description}
\item[MimeWriter.py]
--- Generic MIME writer
\end{description}
\section{Miscellaneous useful utilities} \section{Miscellaneous useful utilities}
Some of these are very old and/or not very robust; marked with ``hmm''. Some of these are very old and/or not very robust; marked with ``hmm''.
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