Dancer::MIME - Singleton object to handle MimeTypes
# retrieve object instance my $mime = Data::MIME->instance(); # return a hash reference of user defined types my $types = $mime->custom_types; # return the default mime-type for unknown files $mime->default # set the default mime-type with Dancer::Config or Dancer, like set default_mime_type => "text/plain"; # or directly in your config.yml file. # add non standard mime type $mime->add_type( foo => "text/foo" ); # add an alias to an existing type $mime->add_alias( bar => "foo" ); # get mime type for standard or non standard types $nonstandard_type = $mime->for_name('foo'); $standard_type = $mime->for_name('svg'); # get mime type for a file (given the extension) $mime_type = $mime->for_file("foo.bar");
my $mime = Dancer::MIME->instance();
return the Dancer::MIME instance object.
# add nonstandard mime type $mime->add_type( foo => "text/foo" );
Add a non standard mime type or overrides an existing one.
# add alias to standard or previous alias $mime->add_alias( my_jpg => 'jpg' );
Adds an alias to an existing mime type.
$mime->for_name( 'jpg' );
Retrieve the mime type for a standard or non standard mime type.
$mime->for_file( 'file.jpg' );
Retrieve the mime type for a file, based on a file extension.
my $types = $mime->custom_types;
Retrieve the full hash table of added mime types.
my $type = $mime->name_or_type($thing);
Resolves the $thing into a content $type whether it's the name of a MIME type like "txt" or already a mime type like "text/plain".
Check the new add method.
add
Check the new for_name and name_or_type methods.
for_name
name_or_type
This module has been written and rewritten by different people from Dancer project.
This module is released under the same terms as Perl itself.
Dancer
To install Dancer, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Dancer
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Dancer
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