mime

Use mime to inspect MIME types, file extensions, media categories, charsets, and content disposition headers.

import "std:mime"

API reference

mime

Method	Returns	Notes
mime.typeByExt(ext: any)	string
mime.byFilename(name: any)	string	Resolves the filename's final extension through typeByExt.
mime.extByType(mtype: any)	string
mime.parse(contentType: any)	object	Parses input data.
mime.format(mtype: any, params: object)	string	Formats a value for display.
mime.resolve(input: any)	string	Normalizes a MIME type, extension, or filename using final-extension semantics.
mime.isText(input: any)	boolean
mime.isImage(input: any)	boolean
mime.isAudio(input: any)	boolean
mime.isVideo(input: any)	boolean

Notes

• Prefer import "std:mime"; the older import "osl/mime" spelling remains supported.

Behavior and limits

MIME parsing accepts parameters, quoted values, and case differences. Unknown extensions and malformed media types return empty or failure values instead of panicking.