NAME Media::Type::Simple - MIME Media Types and their file extensions REQUIREMENTS The following non-core modules are required: Sub::Exporter INSTALLATION Installation can be done using the traditional Makefile.PL or the newer Build.PL methods. Using Makefile.PL: perl Makefile.PL make test make install (On Windows platforms you should use `nmake' instead.) Using Build.PL (if you have Module::Build installed): perl Build.PL perl Build test perl Build install VERSION Version 0.02 SYNOPSIS use Media::Type::Simple; $type = type_from_ext("jpg"); # returns "image/jpeg" $ext = ext_from_type("text/plain"); # returns "txt" DESCRIPTION This package gives a simple functions for obtaining common file extensions from media types, and from obtaining media types from file extensions. It is also relaxed with respect to having multiple media types associated with a file extension, or multiple extensions associated with a media type, and it includes media types for encodings such as gzip. It is defined this way in the default data, but this does not meet your needs, then you can have it use a system file (e.g. /etc/mime.types) or custom data. By default, there is a functional interface, although you can also use an object-oriented inteface. (Different objects will not share the same data.) REVISION HISTORY For a detailed history see the Changes file included in this distribution. SEE ALSO The MIME::Types module has a similar functionality, but with a more complex interface. An "official" list of Media Types can be found at http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types. AUTHOR Robert Rothenberg Suggestions and Bug Reporting Feedback is always welcome. Please use the CPAN Request Tracker at http://rt.cpan.org to submit bug reports. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Some of the code comes from self module (by Kang-min Liu). The data for the media types is based on the Debian mime-support package, http://packages.debian.org/mime-support, although with *many* changes from the original. COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright 2009 Robert Rothenberg, all rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.