httpd::mtype(n) 1.1 "Tcl Web Server"

NAME

httpd::mtype - Mime types

    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    SYNOPSIS
    DESCRIPTION
    Public API
    KEYWORDS
    COPYRIGHT

SYNOPSIS

package require httpd::mtype ?1.1?

Mtype path

Mtype_ReadTypes file

Mtype_Accept sock

Mtype_Match accept type

Mtype_Add suffix type

Mtype_Reset

The package httpd::mtype provides functionality which determines the MIME type of a file and related utilities. The MIME type (e.g., text/html or image/jpeg) is used by the Document domain to dispatch out to type-specific document handlers. For example, if there is a procedure named Doc_image/jpeg then the Document domain will use that procedure to handle requests for files of that type.

Public API

Mtype path: Determines the MIME type of the file specified by path and returns it as the result of the command.
Mtype_ReadTypes file: Set a number of hardwired mappings from file extensions to mime types first and then reads the specified types file to set up more.
Mtype_Accept sock: Extract the mime-types favored by the browser making the current request on the connection sock and returns them as the result of the command. The result is a list.
Mtype_Match accept type: Compares the mime type to the list of acceptable types and return a boolean flag. If true then the type is acceptable.
Mtype_Add suffix type: Adds a mapping from the file extension suffix to the mime type to the database maintained by this package
Mtype_Reset: Clears all type mappings stored in the internal database.

KEYWORDS

files, filesystem, mime, type, web server