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Internet Data Handling<a class="headerlink" href="#internet-data-handling" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>This chapter describes modules which support handling data formats commonly used on the Internet.</p> <ul> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="email.html">19.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt> — An email and MIME handling package</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.message.html">19.1.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Representing an email message</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.parser.html">19.1.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Parsing email messages</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="email.parser.html#feedparser-api">19.1.2.1. FeedParser API</a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="email.parser.html#parser-class-api">19.1.2.2. Parser class API</a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="email.parser.html#additional-notes">19.1.2.3. Additional notes</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.generator.html">19.1.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Generating MIME documents</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.mime.html">19.1.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Creating email and MIME objects from scratch</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.header.html">19.1.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Internationalized headers</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.charset.html">19.1.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Representing character sets</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.encoders.html">19.1.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Encoders</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.errors.html">19.1.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Exception and Defect classes</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.util.html">19.1.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Miscellaneous utilities</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.iterators.html">19.1.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Iterators</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email-examples.html">19.1.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Examples</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.html#package-history">19.1.12. Package History</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="email.html#differences-from-mimelib">19.1.13. Differences from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mimelib</span></tt></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="json.html">19.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">json</span></tt> — JSON encoder and decoder</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="json.html#basic-usage">19.2.1. Basic Usage</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="json.html#encoders-and-decoders">19.2.2. Encoders and decoders</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="mailcap.html">19.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mailcap</span></tt> — Mailcap file handling</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html">19.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mailbox</span></tt> — Manipulate mailboxes in various formats</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#mailbox-objects">19.4.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Mailbox</span></tt> objects</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#maildir">19.4.1.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Maildir</span></tt></a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#mbox">19.4.1.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mbox</span></tt></a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#mh">19.4.1.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MH</span></tt></a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#babyl">19.4.1.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Babyl</span></tt></a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#mmdf">19.4.1.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MMDF</span></tt></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#message-objects">19.4.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Message</span></tt> objects</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#maildirmessage">19.4.2.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MaildirMessage</span></tt></a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#mboxmessage">19.4.2.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mboxMessage</span></tt></a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#mhmessage">19.4.2.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MHMessage</span></tt></a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#babylmessage">19.4.2.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">BabylMessage</span></tt></a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#mmdfmessage">19.4.2.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MMDFMessage</span></tt></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#exceptions">19.4.3. Exceptions</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#deprecated-classes-and-methods">19.4.4. Deprecated classes and methods</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="mailbox.html#examples">19.4.5. Examples</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="mhlib.html">19.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mhlib</span></tt> — Access to MH mailboxes</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="mhlib.html#mh-objects">19.5.1. MH Objects</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="mhlib.html#folder-objects">19.5.2. Folder Objects</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="mhlib.html#message-objects">19.5.3. Message Objects</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="mimetools.html">19.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mimetools</span></tt> — Tools for parsing MIME messages</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="mimetools.html#additional-methods-of-message-objects">19.6.1. Additional Methods of Message Objects</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="mimetypes.html">19.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mimetypes</span></tt> — Map filenames to MIME types</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="mimetypes.html#mimetypes-objects">19.7.1. MimeTypes Objects</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="mimewriter.html">19.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MimeWriter</span></tt> — Generic MIME file writer</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="mimewriter.html#mimewriter-objects">19.8.1. MimeWriter Objects</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="mimify.html">19.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mimify</span></tt> — MIME processing of mail messages</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="multifile.html">19.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">multifile</span></tt> — Support for files containing distinct parts</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="multifile.html#multifile-objects">19.10.1. MultiFile Objects</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="multifile.html#multifile-example">19.10.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MultiFile</span></tt> Example</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="rfc822.html">19.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">rfc822</span></tt> — Parse RFC 2822 mail headers</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="rfc822.html#message-objects">19.11.1. Message Objects</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="rfc822.html#addresslist-objects">19.11.2. AddressList Objects</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="base64.html">19.12. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">base64</span></tt> — RFC 3548: Base16, Base32, Base64 Data Encodings</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="binhex.html">19.13. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">binhex</span></tt> — Encode and decode binhex4 files</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="binhex.html#notes">19.13.1. 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