MIME::Types(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation MIME::Types(3)NAMEMIME::Types - Definition of MIME types
INHERITANCEMIME::Types
is a Exporter
SYNOPSIS
use MIME::Types;
my $mimetypes = MIME::Types->new(...); # MIME::Types object
my $type = $mimetypes->type('text/plain'); # MIME::Type object
my $type = $mimetypes->mimeTypeOf('gif');
DESCRIPTION
MIME types are used in many applications (for instance as part of
e-mail and HTTP traffic) to indicate the type of content which is
transmitted.
Sometimes detailed knowledge about a mime-type is need, however this
module only knows about the file-name extensions which relate to some
filetype. It can also be used to produce the right format: types which
are not registered at IANA need to use 'x-' prefixes.
This object administers a huge list of known mime-types, combined from
various sources. For instance, it contains all IANA types and the
knowledge of Apache. Probably the most complete table on the net!
MIME::Types and daemons (fork)
If your program uses fork (usually for a daemon), then you want to have
the type table initialized before you start forking. So, first call
my $mt = MIME::Types->new;
Later, each time you create this object (you may, of course, also reuse
the object you create here) you will get access to the same global
table of types.
METHODS
Constructors
MIME::Types->new(OPTIONS)
Create a new "MIME::Types" object which manages the data. In the
current implementation, it does not matter whether you create this
object often within your program, but in the future this may
change.
-Option--Default
db_file <installed source>
only_complete <false>
only_iana <false>
skip_extensions <false>
db_file => FILENAME
only_complete => BOOLEAN
Only include complete MIME type definitions: requires at least
one known extension. This will reduce the number of entries
--and with that the amount of memory consumed-- considerably.
In your program you have to decide: the first time that you call
the creator ("new") determines whether you get the full or the
partial information.
only_iana => BOOLEAN
Only load the types which are currently known by IANA.
skip_extensions => BOOLEAN
Do not load the table to map extensions to types, which is quite
large.
Knowledge
$obj->addType(TYPE, ...)
Add one or more TYPEs to the set of known types. Each TYPE is a
"MIME::Type" which must be experimental: either the main-type or
the sub-type must start with "x-".
Please inform the maintainer of this module when registered types
are missing. Before version MIME::Types version 1.14, a warning
was produced when an unknown IANA type was added. This has been
removed, because some people need that to get their application to
work locally... broken applications...
$obj->extensions()
Returns a list of all defined extensions.
$obj->listTypes()
Returns a list of all defined mime-types by name only. This will
not instantiate MIME::Type objects. See types()
$obj->mimeTypeOf(FILENAME)
Returns the "MIME::Type" object which belongs to the FILENAME (or
simply its filename extension) or "undef" if the file type is
unknown. The extension is used and considered case-insensitive.
In some cases, more than one type is known for a certain filename
extension. In that case, the preferred one is taken (for an
unclear definition of preference)
example: use of mimeTypeOf()
my $types = MIME::Types->new;
my $mime = $types->mimeTypeOf('gif');
my $mime = $types->mimeTypeOf('jpg');
print $mime->isBinary;
$obj->type(STRING)
Returns the "MIME::Type" which describes the type related to
STRING. [2.00] Only one type will be returned.
[before 2.00] One type may be described more than once. Different
extensions may be in use for this type, and different operating
systems may cause more than one "MIME::Type" object to be defined.
In scalar context, only the first is returned.
$obj->types()
Returns a list of all defined mime-types. For reasons of backwards
compatibility, this will instantiate MIME::Type objects, which will
be returned. See listTypes().
FUNCTIONS
The next functions are provided for backward compatibility with
MIME::Types versions [0.06] and below. This code originates from Jeff
Okamoto okamoto@corp.hp.com and others.
by_mediatype(TYPE)
This function takes a media type and returns a list or anonymous
array of anonymous three-element arrays whose values are the file
name suffix used to identify it, the media type, and a content
encoding.
TYPE can be a full type name (contains '/', and will be matched in
full), a partial type (which is used as regular expression) or a
real regular expression.
by_suffix(FILENAME|SUFFIX)
Like "mimeTypeOf", but does not return an "MIME::Type" object. If
the file +type is unknown, both the returned media type and
encoding are empty strings.
example: use of function by_suffix()
use MIME::Types 'by_suffix';
my ($mediatype, $encoding) = by_suffix('image.gif');
my $refdata = by_suffix('image.gif');
my ($mediatype, $encoding) = @$refdata;
import_mime_types()
This method has been removed: mime-types are only useful if
understood by many parties. Therefore, the IANA assigns names
which can be used. In the table kept by this "MIME::Types" module
all these names, plus the most often used temporary names are kept.
When names seem to be missing, please contact the maintainer for
inclusion.
SEE ALSO
This module is part of MIME-Types distribution version 2.04, built on
September 12, 2013. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mimetypes/
LICENSE
Copyrights 1999,2001-2013 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors
see ChangeLog.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself. See
http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
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