quopri.encode()

quopri.encode(input, output, quotetabs, header=False)

Encode the contents of the input file and write the resulting quoted- printable data to the output file. input and output must be binary file objects. quotetabs, a flag which controls whether to encode embedded spaces and tabs must be provideda and when true it encodes such embedded whitespace, and when false it leaves them unencoded. Note that spaces and tabs appearing at the end of lines are always encoded, as per RFC 1521. header is a flag which controls if spaces are encoded as underscores as per RFC 1522.