Method get_body_encoding

Lib/email/charset.py:245–264

Return the content-transfer-encoding used for body encoding. This is either the string 'quoted-printable' or 'base64' depending on the encoding used, or it is a function in which case you should call the function with a single argument, the Message object being encod

(self)

        return str(self) == str(other).lower()

    def get_body_encoding(self):
        """Return the content-transfer-encoding used for body encoding.

        This is either the string 'quoted-printable' or 'base64' depending on
        the encoding used, or it is a function in which case you should call
        the function with a single argument, the Message object being
        encoded.  The function should then set the Content-Transfer-Encoding
        header itself to whatever is appropriate.

        Returns "quoted-printable" if self.body_encoding is QP.
        Returns "base64" if self.body_encoding is BASE64.
        Returns conversion function otherwise.
        """
        assert self.body_encoding != SHORTEST
        if self.body_encoding == QP:
            return 'quoted-printable'
        elif self.body_encoding == BASE64:
            return 'base64'
        else:
            return encode_7or8bit

    def get_output_charset(self):
        """Return the output character set.