MIME::Detect - MIME file type identification
my $mime = MIME::Detect->new();
for my $file (@ARGV) {
print sprintf "%s: %s\n", $file, $_->mime_type
for $mime->mime_types($file);
};
my $mime = MIME::Detect->new();
Creates a new instance and reads the database distributed with this module.
my $mime = MIME::Detect->new(
files => [
'/usr/share/freedesktop.org/mimeinfo.xml',
't/mimeinfo.xml',
],
);
$mime->read_database(
xml => MIME::Detect::FreeDesktopOrgDB->get_xml,
files => [
'mymime/mymime.xml',
'/usr/share/freedesktop.org/mime.xml',
],
);
If you want rules in addition to the default database included with the distribution, you can load the rules from another file. Passing in multiple filenames will join the multiple databases. Duplicate file type definitions will not be detected and will be returned as duplicates.
The rules will be sorted according to the priority specified in the database file(s).
By default, the XML database stored alongside
MIME::Detect::FreeDesktopOrgDB
will be loaded after all custom files have been loaded.
To pass in a different fallback database, either pass in a reference
to the XML string or the name of a package that has an get_xml
subroutine.
To prevent loading the default database, pass undef
for the xml
key.
my @types = $mime->mime_types( 'some/file' );
for( @types ) {
print $type->mime_type, "\n";
};
Returns the list of MIME types according to their priority. The first type is the most likely. The returned objects are of type MIME::Detect::Type.
my $type = $mime->mime_type( 'some/file' );
print $type->mime_type, "\n"
if $type;
Returns the most likely type of a file as MIME::Detect::Type. Returns
undef
if no file type can be determined.
my $type = $mime->mime_types_from_name( 'some/file.ext' );
print $type->mime_type, "\n"
if $type;
Returns the list of MIME types for a file name based on the extension according to their priority. The first type is the most likely. The returned objects are of type MIME::Detect::Type.
my $type = $mime->mime_type_from_name( 'some/file.ext' );
print $type->mime_type, "\n"
if $type;
Returns the most likely type of a file name as MIME::Detect::Type. Returns
undef
if no file type can be determined.
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info/ - the website where the XML file is distributed
File::MimeInfo - module to read your locally installed and converted MIME database
File::LibMagic - if you can install libmagic
and the appropriate magic
files
File::MMagic - if you have the appropriate magic
files
File::MMagic::XS - if you have the appropriate magic
files but want more speed
File::Type - inlines its database, unsupported since 2004?
File::Type::WebImages - if you're only interested in determining whether a file is an image or not
MIME::Types - for extension-based detection
The public repository of this module is http://github.com/Corion/mime-detect.
The public support forum of this module is https://perlmonks.org/.
Please report bugs in this module via the RT CPAN bug queue at https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=MIME-Detect or via mail to mime-detect-Bugs@rt.cpan.org.
Max Maischein corion@cpan.org
Copyright 2015-2024 by Max Maischein corion@cpan.org
.
This module is released under the same terms as Perl itself.