MimeString Class

Static class that works on Strings and offers methods that perform conversions between Internet Media Type strings ("MIME types") and file names.

Definition

Namespace: FolkerKinzel.MimeTypes
Assembly: FolkerKinzel.MimeTypes (in FolkerKinzel.MimeTypes.dll) Version: 1.0.0+7dd5ca03f25d4802263abb2083f9c7add2cb51ec
C#
public static class MimeString
Inheritance
Object    MimeString

Example

Convert a file name into an Internet Media Type and get a file type extension from an Internet Media Type:

C#
using FolkerKinzel.MimeTypes;

namespace Examples;

public static class FileExtensionExample
{
    public static void Example()
    {
        const string path = @"C:\Users\Tester\Desktop\Interesting Text.odt";

        string mimeType = MimeString.FromFileName(path);

        Console.Write($"The MIME type for \"{path}\" is: ");
        Console.WriteLine(mimeType);
        Console.Write("The file type extension for this MIME type is: ");
        Console.WriteLine(MimeString.ToFileTypeExtension(mimeType));
    }
}
/*
Console Output:

The MIME type for "C:\Users\Tester\Desktop\Interesting Text.odt" is: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
The file type extension for this MIME type is: .odt
 */

Methods

FromFileName(ReadOnlySpanChar) Converts a file name into an Internet Media Type ("MIME type").
FromFileName(String) Converts a file name into an Internet Media Type ("MIME type").
ToFileTypeExtension(ReadOnlySpanChar, Boolean) Converts an Internet Media Type to an appropriate file type extension.
ToFileTypeExtension(String, Boolean) Converts an Internet Media Type to an appropriate file type extension.

Fields

OctetStream The default Internet Media Type String ("MIME type").

See Also