Python .a2b_qp()

In Python, the .a2b_qp() function decodes a string of quoted-printable data back to binary.

Quoted-printable is an encoding scheme used in email messages to represent non-ASCII characters using only ASCII characters.

Syntax

binascii.a2b_qp(data, header=False)

Parameters:

• data: A bytes-like object containing the quoted-printable encoded data to decode.
• header: When set to True, it decodes the data as if it were in an email header, handling special rules for headers. Default is False.

Return value:

The .a2b_qp() function returns the decoded binary data as a bytes object.

Example

This example decodes a quoted-printable encoded byte string into its original binary form:

import binascii

# Quoted-printable encoded data
encoded_data = b'Codecademy=20Docs'

# Decode the data back to binary
decoded_data = binascii.a2b_qp(encoded_data)

print(decoded_data)

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This produces the following output:

b'Codecademy Docs'

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This example decodes a quoted-printable encoded message body retrieved from an email:

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