# Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation # Author: Barry Warsaw # Contact: email-sig@python.org """Base class for MIME specializations.""" from __future__ import absolute_import, division, unicode_literals from future.backports.email import message __all__ = ['MIMEBase'] class MIMEBase(message.Message): """Base class for MIME specializations.""" def __init__(self, _maintype, _subtype, **_params): """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. """ message.Message.__init__(self) ctype = '%s/%s' % (_maintype, _subtype) self.add_header('Content-Type', ctype, **_params) self['MIME-Version'] = '1.0'