mime(n) Mime mime(n) ______________________________________________________________________________
NAME
mime - Manipulation of MIME body parts
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl
package require mime ?1.5.4?
::mime::initialize ?-canonical type/subtype ?-param {key value}...?
?-encoding value? ?-header {key value}...?? (-file name | -string value
| -part {token1 ... tokenN})
::mime::finalize token ?-subordinates all | dynamic | none?
::mime::getproperty token ?property | -names?
::mime::getheader token ?key | -names?
::mime::setheader token key value ?-mode write | append | delete?
::mime::getbody token ?-decode? ?-command callback ?-blocksize octets??
::mime::copymessage token channel
::mime::buildmessage token
::mime::parseaddress string
::mime::parsedatetime (string | -now) property
::mime::mapencoding encoding_name
::mime::reversemapencoding charset_type
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DESCRIPTION
The mime library package provides the commands to create and manipulate
MIME body parts.
::mime::initialize ?-canonical type/subtype ?-param {key value}...?
?-encoding value? ?-header {key value}...?? (-file name | -string value
| -part {token1 ... tokenN})
This command creates a MIME part and returns a token represent-
ing it.
o If the -canonical option is present, then the body is in
canonical (raw) form and is found by consulting either
the -file, -string, or -part option.
In addition, both the -param and -header options may
occur zero or more times to specify Content-Type parame-
ters (e.g., charset) and header keyword/values (e.g.,
Content-Disposition), respectively.
Also, -encoding, if present, specifies the Content-Trans-
fer-Encoding when copying the body.
o If the -canonical option is not present, then the MIME
part contained in either the -file or the -string option
is parsed, dynamically generating subordinates as appro-
priate.
::mime::finalize token ?-subordinates all | dynamic | none?
This command destroys the MIME part represented by token. It
returns an empty string.
If the -subordinates option is present, it specifies which sub-
ordinates should also be destroyed. The default value is
dynamic, destroying all subordinates which were created by
::mime::initialize together with the containing body part.
::mime::getproperty token ?property | -names?
This command returns a string or a list of strings containing
the properties of a MIME part. If the command is invoked with
the name of a specific property, then the corresponding value is
returned; instead, if -names is specified, a list of all proper-
ties is returned; otherwise, a serialized array of properties
and values is returned.
The possible properties are:
content
The type/subtype describing the content
encoding
The "Content-Transfer-Encoding"
params A list of "Content-Type" parameters
parts A list of tokens for the part's subordinates. This prop-
erty is present only if the MIME part has subordinates.
size The approximate size of the content (unencoded)
::mime::getheader token ?key | -names?
This command returns the header of a MIME part, as a list of
strings.
A header consists of zero or more key/value pairs. Each value is
a list containing one or more strings.
If this command is invoked with the name of a specific key, then
a list containing the corresponding value(s) is returned;
instead, if -names is specified, a list of all keys is returned;
otherwise, a serialized array of keys and values is returned.
Note that when a key is specified (e.g., "Subject"), the list
returned usually contains exactly one string; however, some keys
(e.g., "Received") often occur more than once in the header,
accordingly the list returned usually contains more than one
string.
::mime::setheader token key value ?-mode write | append | delete?
This command writes, appends to, or deletes the value associated
with a key in the header. It returns a list of strings contain-
ing the previous value associated with the key.
The value for -mode is one of:
write The key/value is either created or overwritten (the
default).
append A new value is appended for the key (creating it as nec-
essary).
delete All values associated with the key are removed (the value
parameter is ignored).
::mime::getbody token ?-decode? ?-command callback ?-blocksize octets??
This command returns a string containing the body of the leaf
MIME part represented by token in canonical form.
If the -command option is present, then it is repeatedly invoked
with a fragment of the body as this:
uplevel #0 $callback [list "data" $fragment]
(The -blocksize option, if present, specifies the maximum size
of each fragment passed to the callback.)
When the end of the body is reached, the callback is invoked as:
uplevel #0 $callback "end"
Alternatively, if an error occurs, the callback is invoked as:
uplevel #0 $callback [list "error" reason]
Regardless, the return value of the final invocation of the
callback is propagated upwards by ::mime::getbody.
If the -command option is absent, then the return value of
::mime::getbody is a string containing the MIME part's entire
body.
If the option -decode is absent the return value computed above
is returned as is. This means that it will be in the charset
specified for the token and not the usual utf-8. If the option
-decode is present however the command will use the charset
information associated with the token to convert the string from
its encoding into utf-8 before returning it.
::mime::copymessage token channel
This command copies the MIME represented by token part to the
specified channel. The command operates synchronously, and uses
fileevent to allow asynchronous operations to proceed indepen-
dently. It returns an empty string.
::mime::buildmessage token
This command returns the MIME part represented by token as a
string. It is similar to ::mime::copymessage, only it returns
the data as a return string instead of writing to a channel.
::mime::parseaddress string
This command takes a string containing one or more 822-style
address specifications and returns a list of serialized arrays,
one element for each address specified in the argument. If the
string contains more than one address they will be separated by
commas.
Each serialized array contains the properties below. Note that
one or more of these properties may be empty.
address
local@domain
comment
822-style comment
domain the domain part (rhs)
error non-empty on a parse error
group this address begins a group
friendly
user-friendly rendering
local the local part (lhs)
memberP
this address belongs to a group
phrase the phrase part
proper 822-style address specification
route 822-style route specification (obsolete)
::mime::parsedatetime (string | -now) property
This command takes a string containing an 822-style date-time
specification and returns the specified property as a serialized
array.
The list of properties and their ranges are:
hour 0 .. 23
lmonth January, February, ..., December
lweekday
Sunday, Monday, ... Saturday
mday 1 .. 31
min 0 .. 59
mon 1 .. 12
month Jan, Feb, ..., Dec
proper 822-style date-time specification
rclock elapsed seconds between then and now
sec 0 .. 59
wday 0 .. 6 (Sun .. Mon)
weekday
Sun, Mon, ..., Sat
yday 1 .. 366
year 1900 ...
zone -720 .. 720 (minutes east of GMT)
::mime::mapencoding encoding_name
This commansd maps tcl encodings onto the proper names for their
MIME charset type. This is only done for encodings whose
charset types were known. The remaining encodings return "" for
now.
::mime::reversemapencoding charset_type
This command maps MIME charset types onto tcl encoding names.
Those that are unknown return "".
KNOWN BUGS
SourceForge Tcllib Bug #447037
This problem affects only people which are using Tcl and Mime on
a 64-bit system. The currently recommended fix for this problem
is to upgrade to Tcl version 8.4. This version has extended 64
bit support and the bug does not appear anymore.
The problem could have been generally solved by requiring the
use of Tcl 8.4 for this package. We decided against this solu-
tion as it would force a large number of unaffected users to
upgrade their Tcl interpreter for no reason.
See http://source-
forge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=447037&group_id=12883&atid=112883
for additional information.
BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category mime of
the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://source-
forge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for
enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.
SEE ALSO
ftp(n), http(n), pop3(n), smtp(n)
KEYWORDS
email, internet, mail, mime, net, rfc 2045, rfc 2046, rfc 2049, rfc
821, rfc 822, smtp
CATEGORY
Text processing
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Marshall T. Rose
mime 1.5.4 mime(n)
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