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LWP::MediaTypes(3pm) |
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LWP::MediaTypes − guess media type for a file or a URL
use LWP::MediaTypes qw(guess_media_type); $type = guess_media_type("/tmp/foo.gif");
This module provides functions for handling media (also known as MIME ) types and encodings. The mapping from file extensions to media types is defined by the media.types file. If the ~/.media.types file exists it is used instead. For backwards compatibility we will also look for ~/.mime.types.
The following
functions are exported by default:
guess_media_type( $filename )
guess_media_type( $uri )
guess_media_type( $filename_or_uri, $header_to_modify )
This function tries to guess media type and encoding for a file or a URI . It returns the content type, which is a string like "text/html". In array context it also returns any content encodings applied (in the order used to encode the file). You can pass a URI object reference, instead of the file name.
If the type can not be deduced from looking at the file name, then guess_media_type() will let the "−T" Perl operator take a look. If this works (and "−T" returns a TRUE value) then we return text/plain as the type, otherwise we return application/octet−stream as the type.
The optional second argument should be a reference to a HTTP::Headers object or any object that implements the $obj−>header method in a similar way. When it is present the values of the ’Content−Type’ and ’Content−Encoding’ will be set for this header.
media_suffix( $type, ... )
This function will return all suffixes that can be used to denote the specified media type(s). Wildcard types can be used. In a scalar context it will return the first suffix found. Examples:
@suffixes = media_suffix('image/*', 'audio/basic'); $suffix = media_suffix('text/html');
The following
functions are only exported by explicit request:
add_type( $type, @exts )
Associate a list of file extensions with the given media type. Example:
add_type("x−world/x−vrml" => qw(wrl vrml));
add_encoding( $type, @ext )
Associate a list of file extensions with an encoding type. Example:
add_encoding("x−gzip" => "gz");
read_media_types( @files )
Parse media types files and add the type mappings found there. Example:
read_media_types("conf/mime.types");
Copyright 1995−1999 Gisle Aas.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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