
Email::MIME::ContentType - Parse a MIME Content-Type Header

version 1.013

use Email::MIME::ContentType;
# Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
my $ct = 'text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed';
my $data = parse_content_type($ct);
$data = {
discrete => "text",
composite => "plain",
attributes => {
charset => "us-ascii",
format => "flowed"
}
};

This routine is exported by default.
This routine parses email content type headers according to section 5.1 of RFC 2045. It returns a hash as above, with entries for the discrete type, the composite type, and a hash of attributes.

This is not a valid content-type header, according to both RFC 1521 and RFC 2045:
Content-Type: type/subtype;
If a semicolon appears, a parameter must. parse_content_type will carp if it encounters a header of this type, but you can suppress this by setting $Email::MIME::ContentType::STRICT_PARAMS to a false value. Please consider localizing this assignment!

This module is maintained by the Perl Email Project.
http://emailproject.perl.org/wiki/Email::MIME::ContentType

Casey West, casey@geeknest.com Simon Cozens, simon@cpan.org
