12. Internet Data Handling

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

formatter Generic output formatter and device interface.

email Package supporting the parsing, manipulating, and generating email messages, including MIME documents.

email.Message The base class representing email messages.

email.Parser Parse flat text email messages to produce a message object tree.

email.Generator Generate flat text email messages from a message object tree.

email.Encoders Encoders for email message payloads.

email.Errors The exception classes used by the email package.

email.Utils Miscellaneous email package utilities.

email.Iterators Iterate over a message object tree.

mailcap Mailcap file handling.

mailbox Read various mailbox formats.

mhlib Manipulate MH mailboxes from Python.

mimetools Tools for parsing MIME-style message bodies.

mimetypes Mapping of filename extensions to MIME types.

MimeWriter Generic MIME file writer.

mimify Mimification and unmimification of mail messages.

multifile Support for reading files which contain distinct parts, such as some MIME data.

rfc822 Parse RFC 2822 style mail messages.

base64 Encode and decode files using the MIME base64 data.

binascii Tools for converting between binary and various ASCII-encoded binary representations.

binhex Encode and decode files in binhex4 format.

quopri Encode and decode files using the MIME quoted-printable encoding.

uu Encode and decode files in uuencode format.

xdrlib Encoders and decoders for the External Data Representation (XDR).

netrc Loading of .netrc files.

robotparser Loads a robots.txt file and answers questions about fetchability of other URLs.

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`formatter`		Generic output formatter and device interface.
`email`		Package supporting the parsing, manipulating, and generating email messages, including MIME documents.
`email.Message`		The base class representing email messages.
`email.Parser`		Parse flat text email messages to produce a message object tree.
`email.Generator`		Generate flat text email messages from a message object tree.
`email.Encoders`		Encoders for email message payloads.
`email.Errors`		The exception classes used by the email package.
`email.Utils`		Miscellaneous email package utilities.
`email.Iterators`		Iterate over a message object tree.
`mailcap`		Mailcap file handling.
`mailbox`		Read various mailbox formats.
`mhlib`		Manipulate MH mailboxes from Python.
`mimetools`		Tools for parsing MIME-style message bodies.
`mimetypes`		Mapping of filename extensions to MIME types.
`MimeWriter`		Generic MIME file writer.
`mimify`		Mimification and unmimification of mail messages.
`multifile`		Support for reading files which contain distinct parts, such as some MIME data.
`rfc822`		Parse RFC 2822 style mail messages.
`base64`		Encode and decode files using the MIME base64 data.
`binascii`		Tools for converting between binary and various ASCII-encoded binary representations.
`binhex`		Encode and decode files in binhex4 format.
`quopri`		Encode and decode files using the MIME quoted-printable encoding.
`uu`		Encode and decode files in uuencode format.
`xdrlib`		Encoders and decoders for the External Data Representation (XDR).
`netrc`		Loading of .netrc files.
`robotparser`		Loads a robots.txt file and answers questions about fetchability of other URLs.