# FileGetMimeType

Gets the MIME type for the file path/file object you have specified.

## Method Signature

```
FileGetMimeType(file=[string], strict=[boolean])
```

### Arguments

| Argument | Type      | Required | Description                                                                                                                                        | Default |
| -------- | --------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `file`   | `string`  | `true`   | The file path or file object to get the MIME type for.                                                                                             |         |
| `strict` | `boolean` | `false`  | If true, throws an exception if the file does not exist or is empty. If false, returns "application/octet-stream" for non-existent or empty files. | `true`  |

## Examples

### Two PDFs and two text files with and without strict mode

Assume that you have a file named test.pdf in temp directory and test.txt in the same folder, and you want to check the MIME type. Here test.txt is a copy of test.pdf with extension renamed to txt.

```java
<bx:script>
	mimeTypes = "";
	mimeTypes = listAppend( mimeTypes, fileGetMimeType( expandPath( "/folder1/test.pdf" ) ) );
	mimeTypes = listAppend( mimeTypes, fileGetMimeType( expandPath( "/folder1/test.pdf" ), false ) );
	mimeTypes = listAppend( mimeTypes, fileGetMimeType( expandPath( "/folder1/test.txt" ) ) );
	mimeTypes = listAppend( mimeTypes, fileGetMimeType( expandPath( "/folder1/test.txt" ), false ) );
	writeOutput( mimeTypes );
</bx:script>

```

Result: application/pdf,application/pdf,text/plain,text/plain

### Additional Examples

```java
file = filegetmimetype( filepath / filename.EXT );
writeDump( file );

```

## Related

* [ContractPath](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/contractpath)
* [CreateTempDirectory](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/createtempdirectory)
* [CreateTempFile](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/createtempfile)
* [DirectoryCopy](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorycopy)
* [DirectoryCreate](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorycreate)
* [DirectoryDelete](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorydelete)
* [DirectoryExists](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directoryexists)
* [DirectoryList](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorylist)
* [DirectoryMove](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorymove)
* [DirectoryRename](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directoryrename)
* [ExpandPath](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/expandpath)
* [FileAppend](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileappend)
* [FileClose](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileclose)
* [FileCopy](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filecopy)
* [FileDelete](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filedelete)
* [FileExists](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileexists)
* [FileInfo](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileinfo)
* [FileIsEOF](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileiseof)
* [FileMove](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filemove)
* [FileOpen](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileopen)
* [FileRead](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileread)
* [FileReadBinary](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filereadbinary)
* [FileReadLine](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filereadline)
* [FileSeek](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileseek)
* [FileSetAccessMode](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filesetaccessmode)
* [FileSetAttribute](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filesetattribute)
* [FileSetLastModified](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filesetlastmodified)
* [FileSkipBytes](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileskipbytes)
* [FileWrite](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filewrite)
* [FileWriteLine](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filewriteline)
* [GetCanonicalPath](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/getcanonicalpath)
* [GetDirectoryFromPath](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/getdirectoryfrompath)
* [GetFileInfo](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/getfileinfo)
* [getTempFile](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/gettempfile)
* [PropertyFile](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/propertyfile)