chitter99 / mime

Small Javascript library for requesting mime string's of a remote resources.

Mime

Small Javascript library for requesting mime string's of a remote resources.

Basicly it request a resource via HEAD method (to save bandwidth) and returns the Content-Type header.

Problems

You currently cannot use this library under the following contitions:

• The remote resource has no Access-Control-Origin header or it explicit disallows cross side request.
• The remote resource does not define the Control-Type header.

The cross side request problem will be solved in the future via a fallback proxy. Currently not implemented.

Demo

See the example in the repo for a demonstration.

Usage

The only function you need to know is the get function. It returns a Promise with getting the Content-Type header for you.

var url = "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Chili_dog_with_fries.jpg/1920px-Chili_dog_with_fries.jpg";
mime.get(ur).then(function(m) {
  console.log(m);
});

To-Do

• Requesting via proxy
• Method for requesting via sync XMLHttpRequest