1# Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation 2# Author: Barry Warsaw 3# Contact: email-sig@python.org 4 5"""Class representing text/* type MIME documents.""" 6 7__all__ = ['MIMEText'] 8 9from email.encoders import encode_7or8bit 10from email.mime.nonmultipart import MIMENonMultipart 11 12 13 14class MIMEText(MIMENonMultipart): 15 """Class for generating text/* type MIME documents.""" 16 17 def __init__(self, _text, _subtype='plain', _charset='us-ascii'): 18 """Create a text/* type MIME document. 19 20 _text is the string for this message object. 21 22 _subtype is the MIME sub content type, defaulting to "plain". 23 24 _charset is the character set parameter added to the Content-Type 25 header. This defaults to "us-ascii". Note that as a side-effect, the 26 Content-Transfer-Encoding header will also be set. 27 """ 28 MIMENonMultipart.__init__(self, 'text', _subtype, 29 **{'charset': _charset}) 30 self.set_payload(_text, _charset) 31