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Text.FileExtensionToMimeType

Finds a mime type for a file extension.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
Text 5.4 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "Text.FileExtensionToMimeType"; FileExtension )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
FileExtension The file extension to lookup. Anything before a dot is ignored, so you can pass whole file name or path. "test.pdf"

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Finds a mime type for a file extension.

Please report any missing mime type in our lookup table, so we can add more.
See also Text.MimeTypeToFileExtension.

Examples

Find mime type for PDF:

MBS("Text.FileExtensionToMimeType"; "pdf")

Example result: application/pdf

Find mime type for whole file name:

MBS("Text.FileExtensionToMimeType"; "my.test.pdf")

Example result: application/pdf

See also

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This function is free to use.

Created 2nd October 2015, last changed 11st December 2016


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