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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:
- --
```bash
npm install mime-db
```
If you're crazy enough to use this in the browser, you can just grab the
JSON file using [jsDelivr](https://www.jsdelivr.com/). It is recommended to
replace `master` with [a release tag](https://github.com/jshttp/mime-db/tags)
as the JSON format may change in the future.
```
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/jshttp/mime-db@master/db.json
```
```js
var db = require('mime-db')
// grab data on .js files
var data = db['application/javascript']
```
The JSON file is a map lookup for lowercased mime types.
Each mime type has the following properties:
- - - ----
If unknown, every property could be `undefined`.
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:
- ---
To update the build, run `npm run build`.
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](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6838#section-5). Types
registered with the IANA are automatically pulled into this library.
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
associateed with this media type, the source must definitively link the
media type and extension as well.