1 # Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation 2 # Author: Barry Warsaw 3 # Contact: email-sig (at] python.org 4 5 """Base class for MIME specializations.""" 6 7 __all__ = ['MIMEBase'] 8 9 from email import message 10 11 12 14 class MIMEBase(message.Message): 15 """Base class for MIME specializations.""" 16 17 def __init__(self, _maintype, _subtype, **_params): 18 """This constructor adds a Content-Type: and a MIME-Version: header. 19 20 The Content-Type: header is taken from the _maintype and _subtype 21 arguments. Additional parameters for this header are taken from the 22 keyword arguments. 23 """ 24 message.Message.__init__(self) 25 ctype = '%s/%s' % (_maintype, _subtype) 26 self.add_header('Content-Type', ctype, **_params) 27 self['MIME-Version'] = '1.0' 28
