NAME

Acme::CPANModules::MIMETypes - List of modules to work with MIME types

VERSION

This document describes version 0.001 of Acme::CPANModules::MIMETypes (from Perl distribution Acme-CPANModules-MIMETypes), released on 2023-06-30.

DESCRIPTION

All recipes are categorized by tasks, then by most recommended module.

1. Finding out filename extensions for a certain MIME type

1a. With File::MimeInfo (uses system's type database):

 use File::MimeInfo qw(extensions);
 $ext  = extensions("image/jpeg"); # => "jpeg"
 @exts = extensions("image/jpeg"); # => ("jpeg", "jpe", "jpg")

1b. With MIME::Types (comes with its own type database):

 use MIME::Types;
 my $mt = MIME::Types->new->type("image/jpeg") or die "Unknown MIME type";
 my @exts = $m->extensions; # => ("jpeg", "jpg", "jpe", "jfif", "jfif-tbnl")

1c. With Media::Type::Simple (can uses system's /etc/mime.types):

 use Media::Type::Simple;
 $ext  = ext_from_type("image/jpeg"); # => "jpeg"
 @exts = ext_from_type("image/jpeg"); # => ("jpeg", "jpg", "jpe", "jfif")

2. Finding out the MIME type associated with a certain filename extension

2a. With MIME::Types:

 use MIME::Types;
 my $mt = MIME::Types->new->mimeTypeOf("gif") or die "Unknown MIME type";
 say "$mt" ;# => "image/gif"

2b. With Media::Type::Simple:

 use Media::Type::Simple;
 $type = type_from_ext("jpg"); # => "image/jpeg"

2c. With MIME::Type::FileName (comes with its own type database, last updated 2012):

 use MIME::Type::FileName;
 my $mimetype = MIME::Type::FileName::guess ("my-file.xls") or die "Unknown MIME type";

3. Guessing MIME type of a file based on its extension

3a. With File::MimeInfo:

 use File::MimeInfo;
 my $mime_type = mimetype('test.png') or die "Unknown MIME type";

3b. With LWP::MediaTypes (comes with its own type database):

 use LWP::MediaTypes;
 my $type = LWP::MediaTypes::guess_media_type("file.xls") or die "Unknown MIME type";

4. Guessing MIME type of a file based on its content

4a. Using File::MimeInfo::Magic (same interface as File::MimeInfo):

 use File::MimeInfo::Magic;
 
 $type = mimetype("file.jpg"); # => "image/jpeg"
 
 # For symlink, will return "octet/symlink". To follow symlink, open file and
 # pass filehandle.
 open my $fh, "<", "symlink-to-file.jpg" or die "Can't open file: $!";
 $type = mimetype($fh); # => "image/jpeg"

4b. Using other modules:

Alien::LibMagic

File::LibMagic

File::LibMagic::FFI

File::MMagic

File::MMagic::XS

File::Type

ACME::CPANMODULES ENTRIES

File::MimeInfo

Author: MICHIELB

MIME::Types

Author: MARKOV

Media::Type::Simple

Author: RRWO

MIME::Type::FileName

Author: JHIVER

LWP::MediaTypes

Author: OALDERS

File::MimeInfo::Magic

Author: MICHIELB

Alien::LibMagic

Author: ZMUGHAL

File::LibMagic

Author: DROLSKY

File::LibMagic::FFI

Author: PLICEASE

File::MMagic

Author: KNOK

File::MMagic::XS

Author: DMAKI

File::Type

Author: PMISON

FAQ

What is an Acme::CPANModules::* module?

An Acme::CPANModules::* module, like this module, contains just a list of module names that share a common characteristics. It is a way to categorize modules and document CPAN. See Acme::CPANModules for more details.

What are ways to use this Acme::CPANModules module?

Aside from reading this Acme::CPANModules module's POD documentation, you can install all the listed modules (entries) using cpanm-cpanmodules script (from App::cpanm::cpanmodules distribution):

 % cpanm-cpanmodules -n MIMETypes

Alternatively you can use the cpanmodules CLI (from App::cpanmodules distribution):

    % cpanmodules ls-entries MIMETypes | cpanm -n

or Acme::CM::Get:

    % perl -MAcme::CM::Get=MIMETypes -E'say $_->{module} for @{ $LIST->{entries} }' | cpanm -n

or directly:

    % perl -MAcme::CPANModules::MIMETypes -E'say $_->{module} for @{ $Acme::CPANModules::MIMETypes::LIST->{entries} }' | cpanm -n

This Acme::CPANModules module also helps lcpan produce a more meaningful result for lcpan related-mods command when it comes to finding related modules for the modules listed in this Acme::CPANModules module. See App::lcpan::Cmd::related_mods for more details on how "related modules" are found.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Acme-CPANModules-MIMETypes.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Acme-CPANModules-MIMETypes.

SEE ALSO

Acme::CPANModules - about the Acme::CPANModules namespace

cpanmodules - CLI tool to let you browse/view the lists

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

 % prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2023 by perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Acme-CPANModules-MIMETypes

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

cpanm Acme::CPANModules::MIMETypes

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Acme::CPANModules::MIMETypes