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user466550
user466550

Reputation: 31

Format email address with special character in display name

How can I send special character like registered symbol in a email's 'from' email string? E.g. Test® <[email protected]>. Do I require to set some headers?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 560

Answers (2)

snakecharmerb
snakecharmerb

Reputation: 55913

In Python 3.6 or later, you can do it like this using the new EmailMessage/Policy API.

>>> from email.message import EmailMessage
>>> from email.headerregistry import Address

>>> em = EmailMessage()
>>> from_ = Address(display_name="Test®", username="test", domain="hello.com")
>>> em['from'] = from_
>>> em['to'] = Address('JohnD', 'John.Doe', 'example.com')
>>> em.set_content('Hello world')
>>> print(em)

to: JohnD <[email protected]>
from: Test® <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
MIME-Version: 1.0

Hello world

The header value is displayed with no Content Transfer Encoding applied when str is called on the email instance; however the CTE is applied in the instance itself, as can be seen by calling EmailMessage.as_string:

>>> print(em.as_string())

to: JohnD <[email protected]>
from: =?utf-8?q?Test=C2=AE?= <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
MIME-Version: 1.0

Hello world

Upvotes: 1

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Reputation: 799230

email.header is used to handle unicodes used in headers.

Upvotes: 0

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