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.

<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

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

Related

• FileIsEOF
• FileExists
• FileInfo
• GetFileInfo
• FileWriteLine
• DirectoryExists
• FileAppend
• FileRead
• FileReadBinary
• GetCanonicalPath
• DirectoryCreate
• DirectoryMove
• DirectoryRename
• DirectoryCopy
• FileOpen
• FileCopy
• FileClose
• GetDirectoryFromPath
• FileReadLine
• FileMove
• FileSetAccessMode
• FileSeek
• FileSkipBytes
• ExpandPath
• FileSetLastModified
• ContractPath
• CreateTempDirectory
• DirectoryDelete
• FileSetAttribute
• FileDelete
• DirectoryList
• FileWrite
• CreateTempFile
• getTempFile