Method set_payload

Lib/email/message.py:343–361

Set the payload to the given value. Optional charset sets the message's default character set. See set_charset() for details.

(self, payload, charset=None)

        return payload

    def set_payload(self, payload, charset=None):
        """Set the payload to the given value.

        Optional charset sets the message's default character set.  See
        set_charset() for details.
        """
        if hasattr(payload, 'encode'):
            if charset is None:
                self._payload = payload
                return
            if not isinstance(charset, Charset):
                charset = Charset(charset)
            payload = payload.encode(charset.output_charset, 'surrogateescape')
        if hasattr(payload, 'decode'):
            self._payload = payload.decode('ascii', 'surrogateescape')
        else:
            self._payload = payload
        if charset is not None:
            self.set_charset(charset)

    def set_charset(self, charset):
        """Set the charset of the payload to a given character set.