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Internet Data Handling¶

This chapter describes modules which support handling data formats commonly used on the internet.

  • email — An email and MIME handling package
    • email.message: Representing an email message
    • email.parser: Parsing email messages
      • FeedParser API
      • Parser API
      • Additional notes
    • email.generator: Generating MIME documents
    • email.policy: Policy Objects
    • email.errors: Exception and Defect classes
    • email.headerregistry: Custom Header Objects
    • email.contentmanager: Managing MIME Content
      • Content Manager Instances
    • email: Examples
    • email.message.Message: Representing an email message using the compat32 API
    • email.mime: Creating email and MIME objects from scratch
    • email.header: Internationalized headers
    • email.charset: Representing character sets
    • email.encoders: Encoders
    • email.utils: Miscellaneous utilities
    • email.iterators: Iterators
  • json — JSON encoder and decoder
    • Basic Usage
    • Encoders and Decoders
    • Exceptions
    • Standard Compliance and Interoperability
      • Character Encodings
      • Infinite and NaN Number Values
      • Repeated Names Within an Object
      • Top-level Non-Object, Non-Array Values
      • Implementation Limitations
    • Command-line interface
      • Command-line options
  • mailbox — Manipulate mailboxes in various formats
    • Mailbox objects
      • Maildir objects
      • mbox objects
      • MH objects
      • Babyl objects
      • MMDF objects
    • Message objects
      • MaildirMessage objects
      • mboxMessage objects
      • MHMessage objects
      • BabylMessage objects
      • MMDFMessage objects
    • Exceptions
    • Examples
  • mimetypes — Map filenames to MIME types
    • MimeTypes objects
    • Command-line usage
    • Command-line example
  • base64 — Base16, Base32, Base64, Base85 Data Encodings
    • RFC 4648 Encodings
    • Base85 Encodings
    • Legacy Interface
    • Security Considerations
  • binascii — Convert between binary and ASCII
  • quopri — Encode and decode MIME quoted-printable data
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