mime — MIME Type Detection¶

Detect MIME types from file extensions and paths.

Import¶

import mime

API Reference¶

Function	Description
`mime.from_ext(ext) -> str`	MIME type for a file extension (e.g. `"json"`)
`mime.from_path(path) -> str`	MIME type for a file path
`mime.ext_for(mime_type) -> str`	File extension for a MIME type
`mime.is_text(mime_type) -> bool`	Check if MIME type is text-based
`mime.is_binary(mime_type) -> bool`	Check if MIME type is binary

Examples¶

Detect MIME Types¶

import mime

def main() -> int:
    print(mime.from_ext("json"))           # application/json
    print(mime.from_ext("html"))           # text/html
    print(mime.from_path("photo.png"))     # image/png
    print(mime.from_path("data.csv"))      # text/csv

    print(mime.ext_for("application/pdf")) # pdf
    0

Check Type Category¶

import mime

def main() -> int:
    print(mime.is_text("text/html"))       # true
    print(mime.is_text("application/json"))  # true
    print(mime.is_binary("image/png"))      # true
    print(mime.is_binary("text/plain"))     # false
    0