def make_local_image( embedded_cid , filename, payload):
"""helper func that creates an image object. others may replace this with a specific solution.
the important point is that it returns a link
"""
import models #my models module. you will probably replace this entire function with your own code
image_model = models.EmbeddedImageModel(filename=filename,
data = payload)
image_model.put()
return image_model.link
def cid_2_images(message):
'''this replaces the <img src="<cid:SOMETHING>"/> tags with <img src="SOME URL"/> tags in the message'''
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
import re
cid_to_link = {}
for part in message.walk():
if part.get('Content-ID') :
logging.info('found cid:%s', part.get('Content-ID'))
cid_to_link[part.get('Content-ID')] = \
make_local_image(part.get('Content-ID'),
part.get_filename(),
part.get_payload(decode=True)
)
for part in message.walk():
if str(part.get_content_type()) == 'text/html':
soup = BeautifulSoup(part.get_payload(decode=True))
images_with_cid = soup('img', attrs = {'src' : re.compile('cid:.*')})
for image_tag in images_with_cid:
cid = '<%s>'% image_tag['src'][4:]
image_tag['src'] = cid_to_link[cid]
part.set_payload(soup.renderContents())
