MimeDb.Net

This is a port of the popular JavaScript mime-db library to C#

mime-db 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

Install the package:

dotnet add package MimeDb.Net

Usage

// grab data on .js files
var data = MimeDb.Items['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
  • iana - IANA-defined media types
  • nginx - nginx media 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.

Contributing

The primary way to contribute to this database is by creating pull request to the original repo mime-db. See the contribution rules.