MediaType extends Collection

This collection provides metadata around media types (formerly known as MIME Types).

The format of a media type is a tree / subtype.

The source for media type data is at IANA Media Types.

Media Type	Extensions	Name	Notes	Obsoleted By	Unsafe?
application/ecmascript	es	EcmaScript module			true
application/emf	emf	Windows Enhanced Metafile
application/excel	xlt,xla,xls	Microsoft Excel
application/epub+zip	epub	Electronic publication (EPUB)
application/java-archive	jar	Java Archive (JAR)
application/javascript	js,mjs	JavaScript, JavaScript module			true
application/json	json	JSON format
application/mp4	mp4	MPEG 4
application/msword	doc,dot	Microsoft Word
application/octet-stream	bin	binary data	Any kind of binary data
application/ogg	ogx	OGG
application/pdf	pdf	Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
application/rtf	rtf	Rich Text Format (RTF)
application/vnd.amazon.ebook	azw	Amazon Kindle eBook format
application/vnd.apple.installer+xml	mpkg	Apple Installer Package
application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml	xul	XUL
application/vnd.ms-excel	xls	Microsoft Excel
application/vnd.ms-access	mdb	Microsoft Access
application/vnd.ms-excel	xlt,xla,xls	Microsoft Excel
application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12	xlam	Microsoft Excel Addin (Macro Enabled)
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12	xlsm	Microsoft Excel (Macro Enabled)
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12	xlsb	Microsoft Excel Binary (Macro Enabled)
application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroEnabled.12	xltm	Microsoft Excel Template (Macro Enabled)
application/vnd.ms-fontobject	eot	MS Embedded OpenType fonts
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint	ppt,pot,pps,ppa	Microsoft PowerPoint
application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12	docm	Microsoft Word (Macro Enabled)
application/vnd.ms-word.powerpoint.addin.macroEnabled.12	ppam	Microsoft PowerPoint Addin (Macro Enabled)
application/vnd.ms-word.powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12	pptm	Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation (Macro Enabled)
application/vnd.ms-word.powerpoint.slideshow.macroEnabled.12	ppsm	Microsoft PowerPoint Slideshow (Macro Enabled)
application/vnd.ms-word.powerpoint.template.macroEnabled.12	potm	Microsoft PowerPoint Template (Macro Enabled)
application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroEnabled.12	dotm	Microsoft Word Template (Macro Enabled)
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation	odp	OpenDocument presentation document
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet	ods	OpenDocument spreadsheet document
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text	odt	OpenDocument text document
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation	pptx	Microsoft PowerPoint (OpenXML)
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow	ppsx	Microsoft PowerPoint Slideshow (OpenXML)
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template	potx	Microsoft PowerPoint Template (OpenXML)
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet	xlsx	Microsoft Excel (OpenXML)
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template	xltx	Microsoft Excel Template (OpenXML)
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document	docx	Microsoft Word (OpenXML)
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template	dotx	Microsoft Word Template (OpenXML)
application/vnd.visio	vsd	Microsoft Visio
application/x-abiword	abw	AbiWord document
application/x-bzip	bz	BZip archive
application/x-bzip2	bz2	BZip2 archive
application/x-compressed	zip	ZIP Archive			true
application/x-csh	csh	C-Shell script
application/x-emf	emf	Windows Enhanced Metafile
application/x-excel	xlt,xla,xls	Microsoft Excel
application/x-freearc	arc	Archive document (multiple files embedded)
application/x-iwork-keynote-sffkey	keynote	Apple iWork Keynote
application/x-iwork-numbers-sffnumbers	numbers	Apple iWork Numbers
application/x-iwork-pages-sffpages	pages	Apple iWork Pages
application/x-javascript	mjs	JavaScript		application/javascript	true
application/x-msexcel	xlt,xla,xls	Microsoft Excel
application/x-rar-compressed	rar	RAR archive
application/x-rtf	rtf	Rich Text Format (RTF)
application/x-shockwave-flash	swf	Small web format (SWF) or Adobe Flash document
application/x-tar	tar	Tape Archive (TAR)
application/x-sh	sh	Bourne shell script
application/x-7z-compressed	7z	7-zip archive
application/x-zip-compressed	zip	ZIP archive			true
application/xhtml+xml	xhtml	XHTML			true
application/xml	xml	XML; not readable from casual users (RFC 3023, section 3)
application/zip	zip	ZIP archive			true
audio/3gpp	3gp	3GPP audio/video container; if it does not contain video
audio/3gpp2	3g2	3GPP2 audio/video container; if it does not contain video
audio/aac	aac	AAC audio
audio/midi	mid,midi	Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
audio/mpeg	mp3,mpg	MP3 audio
audio/mpeg3	mp3	MP3 audio
audio/ogg	oga	OGG audio
audio/wav	wav	Waveform Audio Format
audio/webm	weba	WEBM audio
audio/x-midi	mid,midi	Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
audio/x-mpeg-3	mp3	MP3 audio
audio/x-wav	wav	Waveform Audio Format
font/ttf	ttf	TrueType Font
font/otf	otf	OpenType font
font/woff	woff	Web Open Font Format (WOFF)
font/woff2	woff2	Web Open Font Format (WOFF)
image/bmp	bmp	Windows OS/2 Bitmap Graphics
image/gif	gif	Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
image/jpeg	jpeg,jpg	JPEG images
image/png	png	Portable Network Graphics
image/svg+xml	svg	Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
image/tiff	tif,tiff	Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
image/vnd.microsoft.icon	ico	Icon format
image/webp	webp	WEBP image
image/x-emf	emf	Windows Enhanced Metafile
image/x-mgx-emf	emf	Windows Enhanced Metafile
image/x-icon	ico	Icon format
image/x-xbitmap	emf	Windows Enhanced Metafile
multipart/x-zip	zip	ZIP Archive			true
text/calendar	ics	iCalendar format
text/css	css	Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)			true
text/csv	csv	Comma-separated values (CSV)
text/ecmascript	es	EcmaScript		application/ecmascript	true
text/html	htm,html	HyperText Markup Language (HTML)			true
text/javascript	js	JavaScript		application/javascript	true
text/plain	txt,msg	Text, (generally ASCII or ISO 8859-n)
text/richtext	rtf	Rich Text Format
text/xml	xml	XML; if readable from casual users (RFC 3023, section 3)
video/3gpp	3gp	3GPP; if it contains video
video/3gpp2	3g2	3GPP2 audio/video container; if it contains video
video/avi	avi	AVI: Audio Video Interleave
video/mp4	m4v,mp4	MP4 Video
video/mpeg	mpeg,mp3,mpg	MPEG Video
video/ogg	ogv	OGG video
video/msvideo	avi	AVI: Audio Video Interleave
video/quicktime	mov,qt	Apple QuickTime
video/webm	webm	WEBM video
video/x-mpeg	mpeg,mp3	MPEG Video
video/x-msvideo	avi	AVI: Audio Video Interleave

static

isValid(mediaType: string): boolean

This checks to see if the given mediaType is a valid media type.

The mediaType can have a wildcard specified for the subtype, i.e.: 'image/*'.

matches(validMediaTypes: string[], mediaType: string): boolean

This checks to see if the given mediaType matches an existing media type.

Any of the validMediaType can also have a wildcard specified for the subtype. For example, ['image/*', 'video/*'] will match all audio and video media types.

instance

_id: string

Contains the official media type name for this media type. Contains both the tree/type and the subtype.

extensions: string[]

This contains an array of valid extensions for this media type.

name: string

This contains a short name for this media type.

notes: string

This contains any additional notes about this media type.

obsolete: string

This indicates that this is an obsolete media type and this values contains the new value to use.

unsafe: boolean

This indicates that this file is not safe to download as a link.

Overview

API

Tyreant

MediaType extends Collection

static

instance