Class MimeType

Provides constants for commonly-used MIME types and association between file extensions and MIME types.

Inheritance
Object
MimeType
Inherited Members
Namespace: EmbedIO
Syntax
public static class MimeType

Fields

Default

The default MIME type for data whose type is unknown, i.e. application/octet-stream.

Declaration
public const string Default = "application/octet-stream"
Field Value
Type Description
String

Html

The MIME type for HTML, i.e. text/html.

Declaration
public const string Html = "text/html"
Field Value
Type Description
String

Json

The MIME type for JSON, i.e. application/json.

Declaration
public const string Json = "application/json"
Field Value
Type Description
String

PlainText

The MIME type for plain text, i.e. text/plain.

Declaration
public const string PlainText = "text/plain"
Field Value
Type Description
String

Properties

Associations

Associates file extensions to MIME types.

Declaration
public static IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> Associations { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
IReadOnlyDictionary<String, String>
Remarks

The list of MIME types has been copied from Samuel Neff's MIME Type Map on February 14th, 2020.

Copyright (c) 2014 Samuel Neff. Redistributed under MIT license.

Methods

IsInRange(String, String)

Matches the specified MIME type to a media range.

Declaration
public static bool IsInRange(string mimeType, string mediaRange)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String mimeType

The MIME type to match.
String mediaRange

The media range.
Returns
Type Description
Boolean

true if mediaRange is either the same as mimeType, or has the same type and a subtype of "", or is "/*".

IsMimeType(String, Boolean)

Determines whether the specified string is a valid MIME type or media range.

Declaration
public static bool IsMimeType(string value, bool acceptMediaRange)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String value

The value.
Boolean acceptMediaRange

If set to true, both media ranges (e.g. "text/", "/*") and specific MIME types (e.g. "text/html") are considered valid; if set to false, only specific MIME types are considered valid.
Returns
Type Description
Boolean

true if value is valid, according to the value of acceptMediaRange; otherwise, false.

Split(String)

Splits the specified MIME type or media range into type and subtype.

Declaration
public static (string Type, string Subtype) Split(string mimeType)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String mimeType

The MIME type or media range to split.
Returns
Type Description
ValueTuple<String, String>

A tuple of type and subtype.

StripParameters(String)

Strips parameters, if present (e.g. ; encoding=UTF-8), from a MIME type.

Declaration
public static string StripParameters(string value)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String value

The MIME type.
Returns
Type Description
String

value without parameters.
Remarks

This method does not validate value: if it is not a valid MIME type or media range, it is just returned unchanged.

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