Method as_bytes

Lib/email/message.py:202–215

Return the entire formatted message as a bytes object. Optional 'unixfrom', when true, means include the Unix From_ envelope header. 'policy' is passed to the BytesGenerator instance used to serialize the message; if not specified the policy associated with the mess

(self, unixfrom=False, policy=None)

        return self.as_bytes()

    def as_bytes(self, unixfrom=False, policy=None):
        """Return the entire formatted message as a bytes object.

        Optional 'unixfrom', when true, means include the Unix From_ envelope
        header.  'policy' is passed to the BytesGenerator instance used to
        serialize the message; if not specified the policy associated with
        the message instance is used.
        """
        from email.generator import BytesGenerator
        policy = self.policy if policy is None else policy
        fp = BytesIO()
        g = BytesGenerator(fp, mangle_from_=False, policy=policy)
        g.flatten(self, unixfrom=unixfrom)
        return fp.getvalue()

    def is_multipart(self):
        """Return True if the message consists of multiple parts."""