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- # mime-db
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- This is a large database of mime types and information about them.
- It consists of a single, public JSON file and does not include any logic,
- allowing it to remain as un-opinionated as possible with an API.
- It aggregates data from the following sources:
- - https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml
- - https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/conf/mime.types
- - https://hg.nginx.org/nginx/raw-file/default/conf/mime.types
- ## Installation
- ```bash
- npm install mime-db
- ```
- ### Database Download
- If you intend to use this in a web browser, you can conveniently access the JSON file via [jsDelivr](https://www.jsdelivr.com/), a popular CDN (Content Delivery Network). To ensure stability and compatibility, it is advisable to specify [a release tag](https://github.com/jshttp/mime-db/tags) instead of using the 'master' branch. This is because the JSON file's format might change in future updates, and relying on a specific release tag will prevent potential issues arising from these changes.
- ```
- https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/jshttp/mime-db@master/db.json
- ```
- ## Usage
- ```js
- var db = require('mime-db')
- // grab data on .js files
- var data = db['application/javascript']
- ```
- ## Data Structure
- The JSON file is a map lookup for lowercased mime types.
- Each mime type has the following properties:
- - `.source` - where the mime type is defined.
- If not set, it's probably a custom media type.
- - `apache` - [Apache common media types](https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/conf/mime.types)
- - `iana` - [IANA-defined media types](https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml)
- - `nginx` - [nginx media types](https://hg.nginx.org/nginx/raw-file/default/conf/mime.types)
- - `.extensions[]` - known extensions associated with this mime type.
- - `.compressible` - whether a file of this type can be gzipped.
- - `.charset` - the default charset associated with this type, if any.
- If unknown, every property could be `undefined`.
- ## Note on MIME Type Data and Semver
- This package considers the programmatic api as the semver compatibility. This means the MIME type resolution is *not* considered
- in the semver bumps. This means that if you want to pin your `mime-db` data you will need to do it in your application. While
- this expectation was not set in docs until now, it is how the pacakge operated, so we do not feel this is a breaking change.
- ## Contributing
- The primary way to contribute to this database is by updating the data in
- one of the upstream sources. The database is updated from the upstreams
- periodically and will pull in any changes.
- ### Registering Media Types
- The best way to get new media types included in this library is to register
- them with the IANA. The community registration procedure is outlined in
- [RFC 6838 section 5](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6838#section-5). Types
- registered with the IANA are automatically pulled into this library.
- ### Direct Inclusion
- If that is not possible / feasible, they can be added directly here as a
- "custom" type. To do this, it is required to have a primary source that
- definitively lists the media type. If an extension is going to be listed as
- associated with this media type, the source must definitively link the
- media type and extension as well.
- To edit the database, only make PRs against `src/custom-types.json` or
- `src/custom-suffix.json`.
- The `src/custom-types.json` file is a JSON object with the MIME type as the
- keys and the values being an object with the following keys:
- - `compressible` - leave out if you don't know, otherwise `true`/`false` to
- indicate whether the data represented by the type is typically compressible.
- - `extensions` - include an array of file extensions that are associated with
- the type.
- - `notes` - human-readable notes about the type, typically what the type is.
- - `sources` - include an array of URLs of where the MIME type and the associated
- extensions are sourced from. This needs to be a [primary source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_source);
- links to type aggregating sites and Wikipedia are _not acceptable_.
- To update the build, run `npm run build`.
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