media-typer

What are media-typer's main functionalities?

const mediaTyper = require('media-typer');
const parsed = mediaTyper.parse('application/json');
console.log(parsed);

const mediaTyper = require('media-typer');
const formatted = mediaTyper.format({ type: 'image', subtype: 'png' });
console.log(formatted);

const mediaTyper = require('media-typer');
try {
  mediaTyper.parse('invalid/type');
} catch (e) {
  console.error('Invalid media type', e.message);
}

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).

License

MIT