1# Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation 2# Author: Barry Warsaw 3# Contact: email-sig@python.org 4 5"""Base class for MIME specializations.""" 6 7__all__ = ['MIMEBase'] 8 9from email import message 10 11 12 13class MIMEBase(message.Message): 14 """Base class for MIME specializations.""" 15 16 def __init__(self, _maintype, _subtype, **_params): 17 """This constructor adds a Content-Type: and a MIME-Version: header. 18 19 The Content-Type: header is taken from the _maintype and _subtype 20 arguments. Additional parameters for this header are taken from the 21 keyword arguments. 22 """ 23 message.Message.__init__(self) 24 ctype = '%s/%s' % (_maintype, _subtype) 25 self.add_header('Content-Type', ctype, **_params) 26 self['MIME-Version'] = '1.0' 27