NAME

MIME::DB - Media Type Database, a port of the mime-db JavaScript package

SYNOPSIS

use MIME::DB;
my $db = MIME::DB->data;

DESCRIPTION

MIME::DB is a direct port of the mime-db JavaScript package.

USAGE

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"
    }
}

data

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.

It is highly recommended to store it in a variable if several calls are to be issued, for performance reasons.

version

returns the version of the database.

This might be different from $VERSION.

Data Structure

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.

SEE ALSO

mime-db github homepage

AUTHOR

• Thomas Drugeon, <tdrugeon@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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