README.md (4027B)
1 # mime-db 2 3 [![NPM Version][npm-version-image]][npm-url] 4 [![NPM Downloads][npm-downloads-image]][npm-url] 5 [![Node.js Version][node-image]][node-url] 6 [![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url] 7 [![Coverage Status][coveralls-image]][coveralls-url] 8 9 This is a database of all mime types. 10 It consists of a single, public JSON file and does not include any logic, 11 allowing it to remain as un-opinionated as possible with an API. 12 It aggregates data from the following sources: 13 14 - http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml 15 - http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/conf/mime.types 16 - http://hg.nginx.org/nginx/raw-file/default/conf/mime.types 17 18 ## Installation 19 20 ```bash 21 npm install mime-db 22 ``` 23 24 ### Database Download 25 26 If you're crazy enough to use this in the browser, you can just grab the 27 JSON file using [jsDelivr](https://www.jsdelivr.com/). It is recommended to 28 replace `master` with [a release tag](https://github.com/jshttp/mime-db/tags) 29 as the JSON format may change in the future. 30 31 ``` 32 https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/jshttp/mime-db@master/db.json 33 ``` 34 35 ## Usage 36 37 ```js 38 var db = require('mime-db'); 39 40 // grab data on .js files 41 var data = db['application/javascript']; 42 ``` 43 44 ## Data Structure 45 46 The JSON file is a map lookup for lowercased mime types. 47 Each mime type has the following properties: 48 49 - `.source` - where the mime type is defined. 50 If not set, it's probably a custom media type. 51 - `apache` - [Apache common media types](http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/conf/mime.types) 52 - `iana` - [IANA-defined media types](http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml) 53 - `nginx` - [nginx media types](http://hg.nginx.org/nginx/raw-file/default/conf/mime.types) 54 - `.extensions[]` - known extensions associated with this mime type. 55 - `.compressible` - whether a file of this type can be gzipped. 56 - `.charset` - the default charset associated with this type, if any. 57 58 If unknown, every property could be `undefined`. 59 60 ## Contributing 61 62 To edit the database, only make PRs against `src/custom.json` or 63 `src/custom-suffix.json`. 64 65 The `src/custom.json` file is a JSON object with the MIME type as the keys 66 and the values being an object with the following keys: 67 68 - `compressible` - leave out if you don't know, otherwise `true`/`false` to 69 indicate whether the data represented by the type is typically compressible. 70 - `extensions` - include an array of file extensions that are associated with 71 the type. 72 - `notes` - human-readable notes about the type, typically what the type is. 73 - `sources` - include an array of URLs of where the MIME type and the associated 74 extensions are sourced from. This needs to be a [primary source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_source); 75 links to type aggregating sites and Wikipedia are _not acceptable_. 76 77 To update the build, run `npm run build`. 78 79 ### Adding Custom Media Types 80 81 The best way to get new media types included in this library is to register 82 them with the IANA. The community registration procedure is outlined in 83 [RFC 6838 section 5](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6838#section-5). Types 84 registered with the IANA are automatically pulled into this library. 85 86 If that is not possible / feasible, they can be added directly here as a 87 "custom" type. To do this, it is required to have a primary source that 88 definitively lists the media type. If an extension is going to be listed as 89 associateed with this media type, the source must definitively link the 90 media type and extension as well. 91 92 [coveralls-image]: https://badgen.net/coveralls/c/github/jshttp/mime-db/master 93 [coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/jshttp/mime-db?branch=master 94 [node-image]: https://badgen.net/npm/node/mime-db 95 [node-url]: https://nodejs.org/en/download 96 [npm-downloads-image]: https://badgen.net/npm/dm/mime-db 97 [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/mime-db 98 [npm-version-image]: https://badgen.net/npm/v/mime-db 99 [travis-image]: https://badgen.net/travis/jshttp/mime-db/master 100 [travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/jshttp/mime-db