@types/mime

What is @types/mime?

The @types/mime package contains TypeScript type definitions for the 'mime' package, which is a utility to work with MIME types. It allows TypeScript developers to use the 'mime' package with type safety, providing autocompletion and type checking during development.

What are @types/mime's main functionalities?

Lookup MIME type for a file extension

This feature allows you to get the MIME type for a given file extension. The getType function takes a file extension as a string and returns the corresponding MIME type.

"import mime from 'mime';

const mimeType = mime.getType('json'); // 'application/json'"

Get file extension for a MIME type

This feature allows you to get the file extension associated with a given MIME type. The getExtension function takes a MIME type as a string and returns the corresponding file extension.

"import mime from 'mime';

const extension = mime.getExtension('application/json'); // 'json'"

Other packages similar to @types/mime

mime-types

The mime-types package is similar to mime in that it provides lookup functionality for MIME types and file extensions. It is a lighter version without the code for MIME type definition and is based on the mime-db dataset.

mime-db

The mime-db package is a comprehensive dataset of MIME type information, which other packages can use to build their MIME type functionality. It is not a direct utility like mime, but it serves as the source of MIME type information for other packages.

README

Installation

npm install --save @types/mime

Summary

This package contains type definitions for mime (https://github.com/broofa/node-mime).

Details

Files were exported from https://www.github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/types-2.0/mime

Additional Details

• Last updated: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:22:03 GMT
• File structure: ProperModule
• Library Dependencies: none
• Module Dependencies: none
• Global values: none

Credits

These definitions were written by Jeff Goddard https://github.com/jedigo.