bare-mime

bare-mime

MIME type parsing for Bare, implementing the MIME type record and parser defined by the MIME Sniffing Standard at https://mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org.

npm i bare-mime

Usage

const MIME = require('bare-mime')

const mime = MIME.parse('text/plain;charset=utf-8')

console.log(mime.type) // 'text'
console.log(mime.subtype) // 'plain'
console.log(mime.parameters.get('charset')) // 'utf-8'

API

const mime = new MIME(type, subtype[, parameters])

Construct a new MIME type record with the given type and subtype strings. parameters is an optional Map of parameter name-value pairs, defaulting to an empty Map.

mime.type

The type of the MIME type record, e.g. 'text'.

mime.subtype

The subtype of the MIME type record, e.g. 'plain'.

mime.parameters

A Map of parameters associated with the MIME type record.

const mime = MIME.parse(input)

Parse a MIME type string per https://mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org/#parse-a-mime-type. Returns a MIME instance on success or null on failure. The type and subtype are lowercased and leading/trailing HTTP whitespace is stripped. Parameters are parsed from the input, with duplicate parameter names ignored in favor of the first occurrence.

License

Apache-2.0