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Re: Newline interpretation issue with MIMEApplication with binary data, Python 3.3.2

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Nils Bunger <nilsbunger@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Neil, 
>
> Thanks for looking at this.  
>
> I'm trying to create a multipart MIME for an HTTP POST request, not an
> email. This is for a third-party API that requires a multipart POST
> with a binary file, so I don't have the option to just use a different
> encoding.
>
> Multipart HTTP is standardized in HTTP 1.0 and supports binary parts.
> Also, no one will re-interpret contents of HTTP on the wire, as binary
> is quite normal in HTTP.
>
> The issue seems to be some parts of the python MIME encoder still
> assume it's for email only, where everything would be b64 encoded.
>
> Maybe I have to roll my own to create a multipart msg with a binary
> file? I was hoping to avoid that.

The email MIME stuff is not really adapted for HTTP. I would advise to
use the Requests package (http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/) or
the Uploading Files part from Doug Hellmann's page
(http://doughellmann.com/2009/07/pymotw-urllib2-library-for-opening-urls.html).
This is for Python2; I can send you a Python3 version if you want.
-- 
Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org>
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Newline interpretation issue with MIMEApplication with binary data, Python 3.3.2 nilsbunger@gmail.com - 2013-09-25 09:38 -0700
  Re: Newline interpretation issue with MIMEApplication with binary data, Python 3.3.2 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-26 14:11 +1000
    Re: Newline interpretation issue with MIMEApplication with binary data, Python 3.3.2 Nils Bunger <nilsbunger@gmail.com> - 2013-09-25 21:23 -0700
      Re: Newline interpretation issue with MIMEApplication with binary data, Python 3.3.2 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-26 14:32 +1000
        Re: Newline interpretation issue with MIMEApplication with binary data, Python 3.3.2 Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-09-26 13:41 +0000
          Re: Newline interpretation issue with MIMEApplication with binary data, Python 3.3.2 Nils Bunger <nilsbunger@gmail.com> - 2013-09-26 08:56 -0700
            Re: Newline interpretation issue with MIMEApplication with binary data, Python 3.3.2 Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2013-09-26 14:44 -0400
  Re: Newline interpretation issue with MIMEApplication with binary data, Python 3.3.2 Nils Bunger <nilsbunger@gmail.com> - 2013-09-26 09:35 -0700

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