mimerl

April 2, 2026 · View on GitHub

An Erlang library for MIME type handling.

Maps file extensions to MIME types and vice versa, based on the IANA Media Types registry.

Build

rebar3 compile

Get MIME type from extension:

1> mimerl:extension(<<"json">>).
<<"application/json">>

2> mimerl:extension(<<"html">>).
<<"text/html">>

Get MIME type from filename:

1> mimerl:filename(<<"index.html">>).
<<"text/html">>

2> mimerl:filename(<<"data.json">>).
<<"application/json">>

Get extensions for a MIME type:

1> mimerl:mime_to_exts(<<"text/plain">>).
[<<"txt">>,<<"text">>,<<"conf">>,<<"def">>,<<"list">>,<<"log">>,<<"in">>]

MIT