Python Standard Library

The mimetypes Module

The mimetypes module contains support for determining the MIME type for a given uniform resource locator. This is based on a built-in table, plus Apache and Netscape configuration files, if they are found. This module is demonstrated in Example 6-9.

Example 6-9. Using the mimetypes Module

File: mimetypes-example-1.py

import mimetypes
import glob, urllib

for file in glob.glob("samples/*"):
    url = urllib.pathname2url(file)
    print file, mimetypes.guess_type(url)

samples\sample.au ('audio/basic', None)
samples\sample.ini (None, None)
samples\sample.jpg ('image/jpeg', None)
samples\sample.msg (None, None)
samples\sample.tar ('application/x-tar', None)
samples\sample.tgz ('application/x-tar', 'gzip')
samples\sample.txt ('text/plain', None)
samples\sample.wav ('audio/x-wav', None)
samples\sample.zip ('application/zip', None)