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:- 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.
- This plugin understands the experimental flag 'x-' in types and handles casing issues.
- Updates to the internal hash via types() are simply ignored, because it is expensive to implement (and won't add something new).
- 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.
LICENSE
Copyrights 1999,2001-2016 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html