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media-typer
Simple RFC 6838 media type parser
Installation
$ npm install media-typer
API
var typer = require('media-typer')
typer.parse(string)
var obj = typer.parse('image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8')
Parse a media type string. This will return an object with the following
properties (examples are shown for the string 'image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8'
):
-
type
: The type of the media type (always lower case). Example:'image'
-
subtype
: The subtype of the media type (always lower case). Example:'svg'
-
suffix
: The suffix of the media type (always lower case). Example:'xml'
-
parameters
: An object of the parameters in the media type (name of parameter always lower case). Example:{charset: 'utf-8'}
typer.parse(req)
var obj = typer.parse(req)
Parse the content-type
header from the given req
. Short-cut for
typer.parse(req.headers['content-type'])
.
typer.parse(res)
var obj = typer.parse(res)
Parse the content-type
header set on the given res
. Short-cut for
typer.parse(res.getHeader('content-type'))
.
typer.format(obj)
var obj = typer.format({type: 'image', subtype: 'svg', suffix: 'xml'})
Format an object into a media type string. This will return a string of the
mime type for the given object. For the properties of the object, see the
documentation for typer.parse(string)
.