MIME Types

mimetypes is a UMD module that allows you to detect file extensions for content types and vice-versa.


Installation

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volo add whiteout-io/mimetypes/v0.1.1

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bower install git@github.com:whiteout-io/mimetypes.git#v0.1.1

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npm install https://github.com/whiteout-io/mimetypes/tarball/v0.1.1

Usage

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require('mimetypes');

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// exposes global variable mimetypes

Methods

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Returns file extension for a content type string. If no suitable extensions are found, 'bin' is used as the default extension.

mimetypes.detectExtension(mimeType) -> String

* mimeType - Content type to be checked for

For example:

mimetypes.detectExtension('image/jpeg') // returns 'jpeg'

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Returns content type for a file extension. If no suitable content types are found, 'application/octet-stream' is used as the default content type

mimetypes.detectMimeType(extension) -> String

* extension Extension to be checked for

For example:

mimetypes.detectExtension('jpeg') // returns 'image/jpeg'

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Andris Reinman

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