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type-is

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type-is

Infer the content-type of a request.

Install

$ npm install type-is

API

var http = require('http')
var is   = require('type-is')

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  var istext = is(req, ['text/*'])
  res.end('you ' + (istext ? 'sent' : 'did not send') + ' me text')
})

type = is(request, types)

request is the node HTTP request. types is an array of types.

// req.headers.content-type = 'application/json'

is(req, ['json'])             // 'json'
is(req, ['html', 'json'])     // 'json'
is(req, ['application/*'])    // 'application/json'
is(req, ['application/json']) // 'application/json'

is(req, ['html']) // false

type = is.is(mediaType, types)

mediaType is the media type string. types is an array of types.

var mediaType = 'application/json'

is.is(mediaType, ['json'])             // 'json'
is.is(mediaType, ['html', 'json'])     // 'json'
is.is(mediaType, ['application/*'])    // 'application/json'
is.is(mediaType, ['application/json']) // 'application/json'

is.is(mediaType, ['html']) // false

Each type can be:

An extension name such as json. This name will be returned if matched.
A mime type such as application/json.
A mime type with a wildcard such as */json or application/*. The full mime type will be returned if matched
A suffix such as +json. This can be combined with a wildcard such as */vnd+json or application/*+json. The full mime type will be returned if matched.

false will be returned if no type matches.

Examples

Example body parser

var is = require('type-is');

function bodyParser(req, res, next) {
  if (!is.hasBody(req)) {
    return next()
  }

  switch (is(req, ['urlencoded', 'json', 'multipart'])) {
    case 'urlencoded':
      // parse urlencoded body
      throw new Error('implement urlencoded body parsing')
      break
    case 'json':
      // parse json body
      throw new Error('implement json body parsing')
      break
    case 'multipart':
      // parse multipart body
      throw new Error('implement multipart body parsing')
      break
    default:
      // 415 error code
      res.statusCode = 415
      res.end()
      return
  }
}

License

MIT