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mime-kind

Detect the mime type of a Buffer, ReadStream, file path and file name.

4.0.0

MIT

JavaScript

8.67 kB

2.7

Installations

npm install mime-kind

Developer Guide

BETA

Typescript

No

Module System

CommonJS

Min. Node Version

>=10

Node Version

14.20.0

NPM Version

6.14.17 Pull Requests

Open

6

Total

14

Closed

6

Merged

2

Issues

Open

0

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2

Closed

2

Releases

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Languages

JavaScript

JavaScript (100%)

Developer

strikeentco

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MIT License

9 Stars

22 Commits

2 Forks

1 Watchers

6 Branches

1 Contributors

Updated on Aug 07, 2024

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Package Meta Information

Latest Version

4.0.0

Package Id

mime-kind@4.0.0

Unpacked Size

8.67 kB

Size

3.32 kB

File Count

NPM Version

6.14.17

Node Version

14.20.0

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Dependencies

file-type mime-types

Dev Dependencies

eslint eslint-config-airbnb-base eslint-plugin-import mocha nyc should

mime-kind

Detect the MIME type of a Buffer, Uint8Array, ArrayBuffer, ReadableStream, file path and file name, with async method.

Install

1$ npm install mime-kind --save

Usage

1const { createReadStream } = require('fs');
2const mime = require('mime-kind');
3
4await mime('.fakeext'); // -> null
5await mime(createReadStream('./anonim.jpg')); // -> { ext: 'jpeg', mime: 'image/jpeg' }
6await mime('c:/anonim.jpeg'); // -> { ext: 'jpeg', mime: 'image/jpeg' }

API

mime(input, [defaultValue])

mime.async(input, [defaultValue])

Returns a Promise with an object (or null when no match) with:

ext - file type
mime - the MIME type

This methods supports all kind of ReadableStreams.

Params:

input (String|Buffer|Uint8Array|ArrayBuffer|ReadableStream) - Buffer, Uint8Array, ArrayBuffer, ReadableStream, file path or file name.
[defaultValue] (String|Object) - String or Object with value which will be returned if no match will be found. If defaultValue is incorrect returns null.

1const mime = require('mime-kind');
2
3await mime('.fakeext', 'application/octet-stream'); // -> { ext: 'bin', mime: 'application/octet-stream' }
4await mime.async('.fakeext', { ext: 'mp4', mime: 'video/mp4' }); // -> { ext: 'mp4', mime: 'video/mp4' }
5await mime.async('.fakeext', 'ogg'); // -> { ext: 'ogg', mime: 'audio/ogg' }
6// but
7await mime.async('.fakeext', 'ogg3'); // -> null
8await mime('.fakeext', { ext: 'fake', mime: 'fake/fake' }); // -> null

With HTTP(S) streams:

1const mime = require('mime-kind');
2const { get } = require('https');
3const { PassThrough } = require('stream');
4
5const pass = new PassThrough();
6get('https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/2401029', res => res.pipe(pass));
7await mime(pass); // -> { ext: 'jpg', mime: 'image/jpeg' }

License

No vulnerabilities found.

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Score

2.7

/10

Last Scanned on 2025-07-07

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