MIME::Type 1.19

MIME::Type is a definition of one MIME type.

SYNOPSIS

use MIME::Types;
my $mimetypes = MIME::Types->new;
my MIME::Type $plaintext = $mimetypes->type(text/plain);
print $plaintext->mediaType; # text
print $plaintext->subType; # plain

my @ext = $plaintext->extensions;
print "@ext" # txt asc c cc h hh cpp

print $plaintext->encoding # 8bit
if($plaintext->isBinary) # false
if($plaintext->isAscii) # true
if($plaintext->equals(text/plain) {...}
if($plaintext eq text/plain) # same

print MIME::Type->simplified(x-appl/x-zip) # appl/zip

MIME types are used in MIME entities, for instance as part of e-mail and HTTP traffic. Sometimes real knowledge about a mime-type is need. Objects of MIME::Type store the information on one such type.

This module is built to conform to the MIME types of RFCs 2045 and 2231. It follows the official IANA registry at http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/ and the collection kept at http://www.ltsw.se/knbase/internet/mime.htp