MojoX::MIME::Types(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationMojoX::MIME::Types(3)
NAME
MojoX::MIME::Types - MIME Types for Mojolicious
INHERITANCE
MojoX::MIME::Types
is a Mojo::Base
SYNOPSIS
use MojoX::MIME::Types;
# set in Mojolicious as default
$app->types(MojoX::MIME::Types->new);
app->types(MojoX::MIME::Types->new); # ::Lite
# basic interface translated into pure MIME::Types
$types->type(foo => 'text/foo');
say $types->type('foo');
DESCRIPTION
[Added to MIME::Types 2.07] This module is a drop-in replacement for
Mojolicious::Types, but with a more correct handling plus a complete
list of types... a huge list of types.
Some methods ignore information they receive: those parameters are
accepted for compatibility with the Mojolicious::Types interface, but
should not contain useful information.
Read the "DETAILS" below, about how to connect this module into
Mojolicious and the differences you get.
METHODS
Constructors
MojoX::MIME::Types->new(%options)
Create the 'type' handler for Mojolicious. When you do not specify
your own MIME::Type object ($mime_type), it will be instantanted
for you. You create one yourself when you would like to pass some
parameter to the object constructor.
-Option --Default
mime_types <created internally>
types undef
mime_types => MIME::Types-object
Pass your own prepared MIME::Types object, when you need some
instantiation parameters different from the defaults.
types => HASH
Ignored.
example:
$app->types(MojoX::MIME::Types->new);
# when you need to pass options to MIME::Types->new
my $mt = MIME::Types->new(%opts);
my $types = MojoX::MIME::Types->new(mime_types => $mt);
$app->types($types);
Attributes
$obj->mimeTypes()
Returns the internal mime types object.
$obj->types( [\%table] )
In Mojolicious::Types, this attribute exposes the internal
administration of types, offering to change it with using a clean
abstract interface. That interface mistake bites now we have more
complex internals.
Avoid this method! The returned HASH is expensive to construct,
changes passed via %table are ignored: MIME::Types is very
complete!
Actions
$obj->detect( $accept, [$prio] )
Returns a list of filename extensions. The $accept header in HTTP
can contain multiple types, with a priority indication ('q'
attributes). The returned list contains a list with extensions,
the extensions related to the highest priority type first. The
$prio-flag is ignored. See MIME::Types::httpAccept().
This detect() function is not the correct approach for the Accept
header: the "Accept" may contain wildcards ('*') in types for
globbing, which does not produce extensions. Better use
MIME::Types::httpAcceptBest() or MIME::Types::httpAcceptSelect().
example:
my $exts = $types->detect('application/json;q=9');
my $exts = $types->detect('text/html, application/json;q=9');
$obj->type( $ext, [$type|\@types] )
Returns the first type name for an extension $ext, unless you
specify type names.
When a single $type or an ARRAY of @types are specified, the $self
object is returned. Nothing is done with the provided info.
DETAILS
Why?
The Mojolicious::Types module has only very little knowledge about what
is really needed to treat types correctly, and only contains a tiny
list of extensions. MIME::Types tries to follow the standards very
closely and contains all types found in various lists on internet.
How to use with Mojolicious
Start your Mojo application like this:
package MyApp;
use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious';
sub startup {
my $self = shift;
...
$self->types(MojoX::MIME::Types->new);
}
If you have special options for MIME::Types::new(), then create your
own MIME::Types object first:
my $mt = MIME::Types->new(%opts);
my $types = MojoX::MIME::Types->new(mime_types => $mt);
$self->types($types);
In any case, you can reach the smart MIME::Types object later as
my $mt = $app->types->mimeTypes;
my $mime = $mt->mimeTypeOf($filename);
How to use with Mojolicious::Lite
The use in Mojolicious::Lite applications is only slightly different
from above:
app->types(MojoX::MIME::Types->new);
my $types = app->types;
Differences with Mojolicious::Types
There are a few major difference with Mojolicious::Types:
o the tables maintained by MIME::Types are complete. So: there
shouldn't be a need to add your own types, not via types(), not via
type(). All attempts to add types are ignored; better remove them
from your code.
o This plugin understands the experimental flag 'x-' in types and
handles casing issues.
o Updates to the internal hash via types() are simply ignored,
because it is expensive to implement (and won't add something new).
o The detect() is implemented in a compatible way, but does not
understand wildcards ('*'). You should use
MIME::Types::httpAcceptBest() or MIME::Types::httpAcceptSelect() to
replace this broken function.
SEE ALSO
This module is part of MIME-Types distribution version 2.14, built on
November 08, 2017. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mimetypes/
LICENSE
Copyrights 1999,2001-2017 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors
see ChangeLog.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the Artistic license. See
http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html
perl v5.24.3 2017-11-08 MojoX::MIME::Types(3)
mime-types 2.140.0 - Generated Tue Nov 14 06:06:33 CST 2017