# Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation
# Author: Barry Warsaw
# Contact: email-sig@python.org
"""Class representing text/* type MIME documents."""
__all__ = ['MIMEText']
from email.encoders import encode_7or8bit
from email.mime.nonmultipart import MIMENonMultipart
class MIMEText(MIMENonMultipart):
"""Class for generating text/* type MIME documents."""
def __init__(self, _text, _subtype='plain', _charset='us-ascii'):
"""Create a text/* type MIME document.
_text is the string for this message object.
_subtype is the MIME sub content type, defaulting to "plain".
_charset is the character set parameter added to the Content-Type
header. This defaults to "us-ascii". Note that as a side-effect, the
Content-Transfer-Encoding header will also be set.
"""
MIMENonMultipart.__init__(self, 'text', _subtype,
**{'charset': _charset})
self.set_payload(_text, _charset)
