MIME Encoding Functions

Functions
string	Mime::mime_encode_base64 (data str, int len=MimeBase64LineLen)
string	Mime::mime_encode_header_word_b (string str)
	returns a string in "B" ("BASE64") encoding for MIME header string words
string	Mime::mime_encode_header_word_q (string str)
	returns a string in "Q" ("quoted-printable") encoding for MIME header string words
string	Mime::mime_encode_quoted_printable (string str, bool hdr=False, *string encoding)
	returns a string in "quoted-printable" (or "QP") encoding
data	Mime::mime_encode_transfer_data (data mime_data, string enc)
	encodes data according to the given encoding

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

mime_encode_base64()

string Mime::mime_encode_base64	(	data	str,
		int	len = MimeBase64LineLen
	)

returns a string in "BASE64" encoding according to RFC 2045

Parameters

str	the string to encode
len	the maximum line length

Note

this function is basically just a wrapper for the standard Qore function make_base64_string()

mime_encode_header_word_b()

string Mime::mime_encode_header_word_b

(

string

str

)

returns a string in "B" ("BASE64") encoding for MIME header string words

According to RFC 2047

mime_encode_header_word_q()

string Mime::mime_encode_header_word_q

(

string

str

)

returns a string in "Q" ("quoted-printable") encoding for MIME header string words

According to RFC 2047

mime_encode_quoted_printable()

string Mime::mime_encode_quoted_printable	(	string	str,
		bool	hdr = False,
		*string	encoding
	)

returns a string in "quoted-printable" (or "QP") encoding

According to RFC 2045 section 6.7

Parameters

str	the string to encode
hdr	use rules for a MIME header (RFC 2047)

mime_encode_transfer_data()

data Mime::mime_encode_transfer_data	(	data	mime_data,
		string	enc
	)

encodes data according to the given encoding

Parameters

mime_data	the data to encode
enc	the encoding to use; see MIME Content Transfer Encoding Constants for possible values (case is ignored)

Exceptions

MIME-TRANSFER-ENCODING-ERROR

unknown transfer encoding