Decode Base64 MIME Body

Decoding a MIME body from Base64.

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import sys
import chilkat

mime = chilkat.CkMime()

success = mime.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success == False):
    print "Failed to unlock component"
    sys.exit()

#  Create MIME with base64 encoding:
mime.SetBodyFromPlainText("This is a test")
mime.put_Charset("windows-1252")
mime.put_Encoding("base64")

mimeStr1 = mime.getMime()

print mimeStr1
print "-------------------------------"

#  Output looks like this:
#  Content-Type: text/plain;
#           charset="windows-1252"
#  content-transfer-encoding: base64
# 
#  VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=

#  Load the MIME into another Chilkat MIME object:
mime2 = chilkat.CkMime()
mime2.LoadMime(mimeStr1)

#  Get the MIME body decoded:
decodedBody = mime2.getBodyDecoded()

#  Prints: this is a test
print decodedBody