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:mod:`!email.errors`: Exception and Defect classes
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.. module:: email.errors
:synopsis: The exception classes used by the email package.
**Source code:** :source:`Lib/email/errors.py`
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The following exception classes are defined in the :mod:`email.errors` module:
.. exception:: MessageError()
This is the base class for all exceptions that the :mod:`email` package can
raise. It is derived from the standard :exc:`Exception` class and defines no
additional methods.
.. exception:: MessageParseError()
This is the base class for exceptions raised by the
:class:`~email.parser.Parser` class. It is derived from
:exc:`MessageError`. This class is also used internally by the parser used
by :mod:`~email.headerregistry`.
.. exception:: HeaderParseError()
Raised under some error conditions when parsing the :rfc:`5322` headers of a
message, this class is derived from :exc:`MessageParseError`. The
:meth:`~email.message.EmailMessage.set_boundary` method will raise this
error if the content type is unknown when the method is called.
:class:`~email.header.Header` may raise this error for certain base64
decoding errors, and when an attempt is made to create a header that appears
to contain an embedded header (that is, there is what is supposed to be a
continuation line that has no leading whitespace and looks like a header).
.. exception:: BoundaryError()
Deprecated and no longer used.
.. exception:: MultipartConversionError()
Raised if the :meth:`~email.message.Message.attach` method is called
on an instance of a class derived from
:class:`~email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart` (e.g.
:class:`~email.mime.image.MIMEImage`).
:exc:`MultipartConversionError` multiply
inherits from :exc:`MessageError` and the built-in :exc:`TypeError`.
.. exception:: HeaderWriteError()
Raised when an error occurs when the :mod:`~email.generator` outputs
headers.
.. exception:: MessageDefect()
This is the base class for all defects found when parsing email messages.
It is derived from :exc:`ValueError`.
.. exception:: HeaderDefect()
This is the base class for all defects found when parsing email headers.
It is derived from :exc:`MessageDefect`.
Here is the list of the defects that the :class:`~email.parser.FeedParser`
can find while parsing messages. Note that the defects are added to the message
where the problem was found, so for example, if a message nested inside a
:mimetype:`multipart/alternative` had a malformed header, that nested message
object would have a defect, but the containing messages would not.
All defect classes are subclassed from :class:`email.errors.MessageDefect`.
.. exception:: NoBoundaryInMultipartDefect
A message claimed to be a multipart, but had no :mimetype:`boundary`
parameter.
.. exception:: StartBoundaryNotFoundDefect
The start boundary claimed in the :mailheader:`Content-Type` header was
never found.
.. exception:: CloseBoundaryNotFoundDefect
A start boundary was found, but no corresponding close boundary was ever
found.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
.. exception:: FirstHeaderLineIsContinuationDefect
The message had a continuation line as its first header line.
.. exception:: MisplacedEnvelopeHeaderDefect
A "Unix From" header was found in the middle of a header block.
.. exception:: MissingHeaderBodySeparatorDefect
A line was found while parsing headers that had no leading white space but
contained no ':'. Parsing continues assuming that the line represents the
first line of the body.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
.. exception:: MalformedHeaderDefect
A header was found that was missing a colon, or was otherwise malformed.
.. deprecated:: 3.3
This defect has not been used for several Python versions.
.. exception:: MultipartInvariantViolationDefect
A message claimed to be a :mimetype:`multipart`, but no subparts were found.
Note that when a message has this defect, its
:meth:`~email.message.Message.is_multipart` method may return ``False``
even though its content type claims to be :mimetype:`multipart`.
.. exception:: InvalidBase64PaddingDefect
When decoding a block of base64 encoded bytes, the padding was not correct.
Enough padding is added to perform the decode, but the resulting decoded
bytes may be invalid.
.. exception:: InvalidBase64CharactersDefect
When decoding a block of base64 encoded bytes, characters outside the base64
alphabet were encountered. The characters are ignored, but the resulting
decoded bytes may be invalid.
.. exception:: InvalidBase64LengthDefect
When decoding a block of base64 encoded bytes, the number of non-padding
base64 characters was invalid (1 more than a multiple of 4). The encoded
block was kept as-is.
.. exception:: InvalidDateDefect
When decoding an invalid or unparsable date field. The original value is
kept as-is.