mimer

What is mimer?

The 'mimer' npm package is a utility for determining the MIME type of a file based on its extension. It is useful for applications that need to handle files and their types, such as web servers, file upload handlers, and content management systems.

What are mimer's main functionalities?

Determine MIME type from file extension

This feature allows you to get the MIME type of a file by providing its filename or extension. In this example, 'example.txt' returns 'text/plain'.

const mimer = require('mimer');
const mimeType = mimer('example.txt');
console.log(mimeType); // Output: 'text/plain'

Default MIME type for unknown extensions

If the file extension is not recognized, 'mimer' returns a default MIME type, which is 'application/octet-stream' in this case.

const mimer = require('mimer');
const mimeType = mimer('example.unknown');
console.log(mimeType); // Output: 'application/octet-stream'

Other packages similar to mimer

mime

The 'mime' package is a comprehensive MIME type utility that can look up MIME types based on file extensions and vice versa. It also allows for custom MIME type definitions. Compared to 'mimer', 'mime' offers more extensive functionality and a larger database of MIME types.

mime-types

The 'mime-types' package provides a similar functionality to 'mimer' but with a more extensive list of MIME types and additional features like looking up extensions based on MIME types. It is more feature-rich and widely used in the community.

mime-db

The 'mime-db' package is a database of MIME types mapped to file extensions. It is used by other packages like 'mime' and 'mime-types' to provide their functionality. While 'mime-db' itself is not a utility, it serves as the backbone for MIME type lookups in other packages.

README

Mimer

A simple MIME type getter built on top of Node.js.

MODULE

Browser version:: Minified (amd and CommonJS ready) Source

Node.js version: npm install mimer into your project

Getting started

// node and browserify
const Mimer = require('mimer');

// amd (Require.js and etc)
require('path/to/mimer', function (Mimer) {});

// browser (through script tag)
window.Mimer

Get a MIME type

Mimer('file.css'); // => "text/css"

// or
var mime = new Mimer();
mime.get('file.css');  // => "text/css"

Set a MIME type

var mime = new Mimer();

mime.set('.monster', 'movie/thriller')
	.get('zombie.monster');
	// => "movie/thriller"

mime.set(['.rctycoon','.simcity'], 'cms/game');
mime.get('/land/park.rctycoon'); // => "cms/game"
mime.get('maps/city.simcity'); // => "cms/game"

CLIENT

npm install -g mimer (it may require Root privileges)

pritting a mime type

$ mimer brand.png

DEVELOPING

$ make install
$ make test

Build web version with:

$ make build

If you'd like to test the full process including npm installer, just run:

$ make fulltest

Release notes

See more in Releases section.

License

MIT License (c) Helder Santana