Method as_string

django/core/mail/message.py:164–175

Return the entire formatted message as a string. Optional `unixfrom' when True, means include the Unix From_ envelope header. This overrides the default as_string() implementation to not mangle lines that begin with 'From '. See bug #13433 for details.

(self, unixfrom=False, linesep="\n")

# RemovedInDjango70Warning.
class MIMEMixin:
    def as_string(self, unixfrom=False, linesep="\n"):
        """Return the entire formatted message as a string.
        Optional `unixfrom' when True, means include the Unix From_ envelope
        header.

        This overrides the default as_string() implementation to not mangle
        lines that begin with 'From '. See bug #13433 for details.
        """
        fp = StringIO()
        g = generator.Generator(fp, mangle_from_=False)
        g.flatten(self, unixfrom=unixfrom, linesep=linesep)
        return fp.getvalue()

    def as_bytes(self, unixfrom=False, linesep="\n"):
        """Return the entire formatted message as bytes.