Function contentType

  • Returns the full Content-Type or Content-Disposition header value for the given extension or media type.

    The function will treat the extensionOrType as a media type when it contains a /, otherwise it will process it as an extension, with or without the leading ..

    Returns undefined if unable to resolve the media type.

    Type Parameters

    Parameters

    • extensionOrType: T

      The extension or media type to resolve.

    Returns Lowercase<T> extends KnownExtensionOrType
        ? string
        : string | undefined

    The full Content-Type or Content-Disposition header value, or undefined if unable to resolve the media type.

    import { contentType } from "@std/media-types/content-type";
    import { assertEquals } from "@std/assert";

    assertEquals(contentType(".json"), "application/json; charset=UTF-8");
    assertEquals(contentType("text/html"), "text/html; charset=UTF-8");
    assertEquals(contentType("text/html; charset=UTF-8"), "text/html; charset=UTF-8");
    assertEquals(contentType("txt"), "text/plain; charset=UTF-8");
    assertEquals(contentType("foo"), undefined);
    assertEquals(contentType("file.json"), undefined);