ext-name

What is ext-name?

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.

What are ext-name's main functionalities?

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' }

Other packages similar to ext-name

mime-types

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.

path

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.

mime

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.

README

ext-name

Get the file extension and MIME type from a file

Install

$ npm install --save ext-name

Usage

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'}]

API

extName(filename)

Returns an Array with objects with the file extension and MIME type.

filename

Type: string

Get the extension and MIME type from a filename.

extName.mime(mimetype)

Returns an Array with objects with the file extension and MIME type.

mimetype

Type: string

Get the extension and MIME type from a MIME type.

Related

• ext-name-cli - CLI for this module
• file-type - Detect the file type of a Buffer/Uint8Array

License

MIT © Kevin Mårtensson