Module: MIME::ContentTypes

Module | MIME::ContentTypes
In: | lib/mime/content_types.rb

Handles MIME content type detection using file name extension.

### See Also

- w3schools.com/media/media_mimeref.asp for more content types
- rubygem MIME::Types for extensive content type lookup

### Methods

file_type

### Constants

CONTENT_TYPES | = | { 'application/atom+xml' => %w(atom), 'application/java-archive' => %w(jar war ear), 'application/mac-binhex40' => %w(hqx), 'application/msword' => %w(doc), 'application/octet-stream' => %w(bin exe dll deb dmg eot iso img msi msp msm), 'application/pdf' => %w(pdf), 'application/postscript' => %w(ps eps ai), 'application/rtf' => %w(rtf), 'application/vnd.ms-excel' => %w(xls), 'application/vnd.ms-powerpoint' => %w(ppt), 'application/vnd.wap.wmlc' => %w(wmlc), 'application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml' => %w(xhtml), 'application/x-cocoa' => %w(cco), 'application/x-java-archive-diff' => %w(jardiff), 'application/x-java-jnlp-file' => %w(jnlp), 'application/x-javascript' => %w(js), 'application/x-makeself' => %w(run), 'application/x-perl' => %w(pl pm), 'application/x-pilot' => %w(prc pdb), 'application/x-rar-compressed' => %w(rar), 'application/x-redhat-package-manager' => %w(rpm), 'application/x-sea' => %w(sea), 'application/x-shockwave-flash' => %w(swf), 'application/x-stuffit' => %w(sit), 'application/x-tcl' => %w(tcl tk), 'application/x-x509-ca-cert' => %w(crt pem der), 'application/x-xpinstall' => %w(xpi), 'application/zip' => %w(zip), 'audio/midi' => %w(mid midi kar), 'audio/mpeg' => %w(mp3), 'audio/x-realaudio' => %w(ra), 'image/gif' => %w(gif), 'image/jpeg' => %w(jpg jpeg), 'image/png' => %w(png), 'image/tiff' => %w(tif tiff), 'image/vnd.wap.wbmp' => %w(wbmp), 'image/x-icon' => %w(ico), 'image/x-jng' => %w(jng), 'image/x-ms-bmp' => %w(bmp), 'image/svg+xml' => %w(svg), 'text/css' => %w(css), 'text/html' => %w(html htm shtml), 'text/mathml' => %w(mml), 'text/plain' => %w(txt), 'text/x-component' => %w(htc), 'text/xml' => %w(xml rss), 'video/3gpp' => %w(3gpp 3gp), 'video/mpeg' => %w(mpeg mpg), 'video/quicktime' => %w(mov), 'video/x-flv' => %w(flv), 'video/x-mng' => %w(mng), 'video/x-ms-asf' => %w(asx asf), 'video/x-ms-wmv' => %w(wmv), 'video/x-msvideo' => %w(avi) |  | Content types are in the form of media-type/sub-type. Each content type has one or more file extentions associated with it. The content types below are listed in alphabetical order and the extention arrays are in order of preference. The following content types were stolen from the NGiNX webserver. NGiNX is great server, check it out at nginx.net.

### Public Instance methods

file_type(file)

Return the MIME content type of the `file` path or object.

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