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:mod:`quopri` --- Encode and decode MIME quoted-printable data
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.. module:: quopri
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:synopsis: Encode and decode files using the MIME quoted-printable encoding.
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.. index::
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pair: quoted-printable; encoding
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single: MIME; quoted-printable encoding
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**Source code:** :source:`Lib/quopri.py`
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This module performs quoted-printable transport encoding and decoding, as
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defined in :rfc:`1521`: "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One:
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Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies".
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The quoted-printable encoding is designed for data where there are relatively
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few nonprintable characters; the base64 encoding scheme available via the
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:mod:`base64` module is more compact if there are many such characters, as when
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sending a graphics file.
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.. function:: decode(input, output, header=False)
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Decode the contents of the *input* file and write the resulting decoded binary
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data to the *output* file. *input* and *output* must be :term:`file objects
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<file object>`. *input* will be read until ``input.readline()`` returns an
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empty string. If the optional argument *header* is present and true, underscore
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will be decoded as space. This is used to decode "Q"-encoded headers as
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described in :rfc:`1522`: "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
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Part Two: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text".
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.. function:: encode(input, output, quotetabs, header=False)
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Encode the contents of the *input* file and write the resulting quoted-printable
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data to the *output* file. *input* and *output* must be :term:`file objects
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<file object>`. *input* will be read until ``input.readline()`` returns an
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empty string. *quotetabs* is a flag which controls whether to encode embedded
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spaces and tabs; when true it encodes such embedded whitespace, and when
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false it leaves them unencoded. Note that spaces and tabs appearing at the
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end of lines are always encoded, as per :rfc:`1521`. *header* is a flag
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which controls if spaces are encoded as underscores as per :rfc:`1522`.
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.. function:: decodestring(s, header=False)
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Like :func:`decode`, except that it accepts a source string and returns the
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corresponding decoded string.
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.. function:: encodestring(s, quotetabs=False, header=False)
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Like :func:`encode`, except that it accepts a source string and returns the
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corresponding encoded string. *quotetabs* and *header* are optional
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(defaulting to ``False``), and are passed straight through to :func:`encode`.
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.. seealso::
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Module :mod:`base64`
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Encode and decode MIME base64 data
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