MIME::DB - Media Type Database, a port of the mime-db JavaScript package
use MIME::DB; my $db = MIME::DB->data;
MIME::DB is a direct port of the mime-db JavaScript package.
MIME::DB
The database does not include any logic, allowing it to remain as un-opinionated as possible.
my $db = MIME::DB->data; my @known_html_extensions = @{ $db->{'text/html'}->{extensions} || [] }; my $version = MIME::DB->version; print "As of version $version:\n"; for (qw(text/html video/mp4 text/yaml)) { if (defined $db->{$_}->{compressible}) { if ($db->{$_}->{compressible}) { print " - $_ is compressible\n" } else { print " - $_ is not compressible\n" } } else { print " - $_ compressibility is unknown\n" } }
returns the database as a HASH reference.
Each call to data returns an independent copy of the database, so it can be modified without affecting others.
data
It is highly recommended to store it in a variable if several calls are to be issued, for performance reasons.
returns the version of the database.
This might be different from $VERSION.
$VERSION
The database is a HASH reference with lowercased mime types as keys. Each value is a HASH reference with following keys:
source - where the mime type is defined. If not set, it's probably a custom media type.
apache - Apache common media types
iana - IANA-defined media types
nginx - nginx media types
extensions - an ARRAY reference of known extensions associated with this mime type.
compressible - a 0 or 1 value indicating whether a file of this type can be gzipped.
charset - the default charset associated with this type, if any.
If unknown, every property could be undefined.
mime-db github homepage
Thomas Drugeon, <tdrugeon@cpan.org>
mime-db is copyright 2014 Jonathan Ong and licensed under the MIT License
MIME::DB is copyright 2021 Thomas Drugeon and licensed under the MIT License
To install MIME::DB, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm MIME::DB
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install MIME::DB
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.