def encode_multipart_formdata(self, fields, files):
        """
        Properly encodes the multipart body of the request

        :param fields: a dict, the parameters used in the request
        :param files:  a list of tuples containing information about the files

        :returns: the content for the body and the content-type value
        """
        import mimetools
        import mimetypes
        BOUNDARY = mimetools.choose_boundary()
        CRLF = '\r\n'
        L = []
        for (key, value) in fields.items():
            L.append('--' + BOUNDARY)
            L.append('Content-Disposition: form-data; name="{0}"'.format(key))
            L.append('')
            L.append(value)
        for (key, filename, value) in files:
            L.append('--' + BOUNDARY)
            L.append('Content-Disposition: form-data; name="{0}"; filename="{1}"'.format(key, filename))
            L.append('Content-Type: {0}'.format(mimetypes.guess_type(filename)[0] or 'application/octet-stream'))
            L.append('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary')
            L.append('')
            L.append(value)
        L.append('--' + BOUNDARY + '--')
        L.append('')
        body = CRLF.join(L)
        content_type = 'multipart/form-data; boundary={0}'.format(BOUNDARY)
        return content_type, body
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