Change initial header level in docutils

I use reStructuredText on parts of this site to write HTML content. But as the main headers don't originate from the rst content I need to start with an h2 tag. It's just a matter of rtfm but here's a solution.

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        from docutils.core import publish_parts
print publish_parts(rst_content, writer_name='html',settings_overrides={
                    'initial_header_level': 2,})['html_body']

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Paul wrote this comment on March 7, 2016, 2:50 p.m.

Thanks for posting this. Isn't it interesting how what might at first seem like a pointless post can save someone hours of hell?
Nicolas Kuttler wrote this comment on March 7, 2016, 3:30 p.m.

Yeah, it took me a while to figure it out, and the documentation.. well, let's just say I've seen better docs.

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