Functions
int	mime_type_get_mime_type (const char file_extension, char *mime_type)
	Gets the MIME type for the given file extension.
int	mime_type_get_file_extension (const char mime_type, char *file_extension, int length)
	Gets file extensions for the given MIME type.

The MIME Type API provides functions to map MIME types to file extensions and vice versa.

Required Header

#include <mime_type.h>

Overview

The MIME Type API provides functions to map MIME types to file extensions and vice versa. Conversions are provided from file extensions to MIME types and from MIME types to file extensions.
Note that some MIME types have multiple file extensions or no extension, and the MIME type is 'application/octet-stream' if the given file extension is not associated with specific file formats

Enumeration Type Documentation

enum mime_type_error_e

Enumeration for error.

Since :: 2.3

Enumerator:

MIME_TYPE_ERROR_NONE	Successful
MIME_TYPE_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER	Invalid parameter
MIME_TYPE_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY	Out of memory
MIME_TYPE_ERROR_IO_ERROR	Internal I/O error

Function Documentation

int mime_type_get_file_extension	(	const char *	mime_type,
		char ***	file_extension,
		int *	length
	)

Gets file extensions for the given MIME type.

Since :: 2.3

Remarks:: You must release file_extension using free().

Parameters:

[in]	mime_type	The MIME type
[out]	file_extension	The array of file extensions without the leading dot ('.')
[out]	length	The length of the array of file extensions otherwise zero if there none are present

Returns:: 0 on success, otherwise a negative error value.

Return values:

MIME_TYPE_ERROR_NONE	Successful
MIME_TYPE_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER	Invalid parameter
MIME_TYPE_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY	Out of memory
MIME_TYPE_ERROR_IO_ERROR	Internal I/O error

See also:: mime_type_get_mime_type()

int mime_type_get_mime_type	(	const char *	file_extension,
		char **	mime_type
	)

Gets the MIME type for the given file extension.

Since :: 2.3

Remarks:: You must release mime_type using free().