JarCastingmedia-typer
Simple RFC 6838 media type parser.
This module will parse a given media type into it's component parts, like type, subtype, and suffix. A formatter is also provided to put them back together and the two can be combined to normalize media types into a canonical form.
If you are looking to parse the string that represents a media type and it's parameters in HTTP (for example, the Content-Type header), use the content-type module.
Installation
This is a Node.js module available through the npm registry. Installation is done using the npm install command:
$ npm install media-typer
API
var typer = require('media-typer')
typer.parse(string)
var obj = typer.parse('image/svg+xml')
Parse a media type string. This will return an object with the following properties (examples are shown for the string 'image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8'):
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type: The type of the media type (always lower case). Example:'image' -
subtype: The subtype of the media type (always lower case). Example:'svg' -
suffix: The suffix of the media type (always lower case). Example:'xml'
If the given type string is invalid, then a TypeError is thrown.
typer.format(obj)
var obj = typer.format({ type: 'image', subtype: 'svg', suffix: 'xml' })
Format an object into a media type string. This will return a string of the mime type for the given object. For the properties of the object, see the documentation for typer.parse(string).
If any of the given object values are invalid, then a TypeError is thrown.
typer.test(string)
var valid = typer.test('image/svg+xml')
Validate a media type string. This will return true is the string is a well- formatted media type, or false otherwise.
