MIME::Detect - MIME file type identification
my $mime = MIME::Detect->new(); for my $file (@ARGV) { print sprintf "%s: %s\n", $file, $_->mime_type for $mime->mime_types($file); };
MIME::Detect->new( ... )
my $mime = MIME::Detect->new();
Creates a new instance and reads the database distributed with this module.
my $mime = MIME::Detect->new( files => [ '/usr/share/freedesktop.org/mimeinfo.xml', 't/mimeinfo.xml', ], );
$mime->read_database %options
$mime->read_database( xml => MIME::Detect::FreeDesktopOrgDB->get_xml, files => [ 'mymime/mymime.xml', '/usr/share/freedesktop.org/mime.xml', ], );
If you want rules in addition to the default database included with the distribution, you can load the rules from another file. Passing in multiple filenames will join the multiple databases. Duplicate file type definitions will not be detected and will be returned as duplicates.
The rules will be sorted according to the priority specified in the database file(s).
By default, the XML database stored alongside MIME::Detect::FreeDesktopOrgDB will be loaded after all custom files have been loaded. To pass in a different fallback database, either pass in a reference to the XML string or the name of a package that has an get_xml subroutine.
get_xml
To prevent loading the default database, pass undef for the xml key.
xml
$mime->mime_types
my @types = $mime->mime_types( 'some/file' ); for( @types ) { print $type->mime_type, "\n"; };
Returns the list of MIME types according to their priority. The first type is the most likely. The returned objects are of type MIME::Detect::Type.
$mime->mime_type
my $type = $mime->mime_type( 'some/file' ); print $type->mime_type, "\n" if $type;
Returns the most likely type of a file as MIME::Detect::Type. Returns undef if no file type can be determined.
undef
$mime->mime_types_from_name
my $type = $mime->mime_types_from_name( 'some/file.ext' ); print $type->mime_type, "\n" if $type;
Returns the list of MIME types for a file name based on the extension according to their priority. The first type is the most likely. The returned objects are of type MIME::Detect::Type.
$mime->mime_type_from_name
my $type = $mime->mime_type_from_name( 'some/file.ext' ); print $type->mime_type, "\n" if $type;
Returns the most likely type of a file name as MIME::Detect::Type. Returns undef if no file type can be determined.
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info/ - the website where the XML file is distributed
File::MimeInfo - module to read your locally installed and converted MIME database
File::LibMagic - if you can install libmagic and the appropriate magic files
libmagic
magic
File::MMagic - if you have the appropriate magic files
File::MMagic::XS - if you have the appropriate magic files but want more speed
File::Type - inlines its database, unsupported since 2004?
File::Type::WebImages - if you're only interested in determining whether a file is an image or not
MIME::Types - for extension-based detection
The public repository of this module is http://github.com/Corion/mime-detect.
The public support forum of this module is https://perlmonks.org/.
Please report bugs in this module via the RT CPAN bug queue at https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=MIME-Detect or via mail to mime-detect-Bugs@rt.cpan.org.
Max Maischein corion@cpan.org
corion@cpan.org
Copyright 2015-2016 by Max Maischein corion@cpan.org.
This module is released under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install MIME::Detect, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm MIME::Detect
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install MIME::Detect
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.