python decode mime

import email
import base64

def decode_mime(_msg, _result=[]):
    def _decode(msg, result):
        if msg.is_multipart():
            for item in msg.get_payload():
                _decode(item, result)
        else:
            if 'content-type' in msg:
                _content_type = msg['content-type']
                if 'text/html' in _content_type:
                    decoded_text = base64.decodestring(msg.get_payload())
                    result.append(decoded_text)
    _decode(_msg, _result)

decode_mime(email.message_from_string(_message), result=[])

python HTMLParser

from HTMLParser import HTMLParser

class MyHTMLParser(HTMLParser):
    def __init__(self):
        HTMLParser.__init(self)
        self.result = list()

    def handle_date(self, data):
        if data is not None:
            self.result.append(data)

obj = MyHTMLParser()
obj.feed(html)
print ' '.join(obj.result)