The ext-name npm package is used to get the file extension name from a given file path or URL. It is a simple utility that helps in extracting the extension part of a file name.
Get file extension from a file path
This feature allows you to extract the file extension and its corresponding MIME type from a given file path.
const extName = require('ext-name');
const filePath = 'example/file.txt';
const extension = extName(filePath);
console.log(extension); // { ext: 'txt', mime: 'text/plain' }Get file extension from a URL
This feature allows you to extract the file extension and its corresponding MIME type from a given URL.
const extName = require('ext-name');
const url = 'http://example.com/file.txt';
const extension = extName(url);
console.log(extension); // { ext: 'txt', mime: 'text/plain' }The mime-types package provides a comprehensive list of MIME types and their associated file extensions. It is more extensive than ext-name and can be used to look up MIME types based on file extensions and vice versa.
The path module is a built-in Node.js module that provides utilities for working with file and directory paths. It includes a method called extname which can be used to extract the file extension from a file path. However, it does not provide MIME type information.
The mime package is used to look up the MIME type of a file based on its extension. It is similar to ext-name but focuses more on MIME type lookups and conversions.
Get the file extension and MIME type from a file
$ npm install --save ext-name
const extName = require('ext-name');
console.log(extName('foobar.tar'));
//=> [{ext: 'tar', mime: 'application/x-tar'}]
console.log(extName.mime('application/x-tar'));
//=> [{ext: 'tar', mime: 'application/x-tar'}]
Returns an Array with objects with the file extension and MIME type.
Type: string
Get the extension and MIME type from a filename.
Returns an Array with objects with the file extension and MIME type.
Type: string
Get the extension and MIME type from a MIME type.
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Get the file extension and MIME type from a file
The npm package ext-name receives a total of 2,299,507 weekly downloads. As such, ext-name popularity was classified as popular.
We found that ext-name demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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