API Reference
content-types is intentionally tiny: lookup functions for both directions (filename -> type, and type -> extension), the mapping table behind them, and a handful of precomputed shortcut constants for the most common formats.
Forward lookup
Map a filename, bare extension, Path, or URL to its MIME / content type.
- get_content_type()
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Return the most specific, commonly accepted MIME type for a filename or extension.
Reverse lookup
Map a MIME / content type back to its file extension(s) — the inverse of get_content_type.
- guess_extension()
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Return the canonical file extension for a MIME / content type.
- guess_all_extensions()
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Return every known file extension for a MIME / content type, canonical first.
Mapping data
The underlying extension -> content-type table (364 entries; keys have no leading dot).
- EXTENSION_TO_CONTENT_TYPE
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dict() -> new empty dictionary
Shortcut constants
Precomputed content types for very common formats, exposed as module-level attributes.
- webp
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str(object=’’) -> str
- png
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str(object=’’) -> str
- jpg
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str(object=’’) -> str
- mp3
-
str(object=’’) -> str
- json
-
str(object=’’) -> str
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str(object=’’) -> str
- zip
-
str(object=’’) -> str
- xml
-
str(object=’’) -> str
- csv
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str(object=’’) -> str
- md
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str(object=’’) -> str
- parquet
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str(object=’’) -> str
- ipynb
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str(object=’’) -> str
- pkl
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str(object=’’) -> str
- yaml
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str(object=’’) -> str
- toml
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str(object=’’) -> str
- sqlite
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str(object=’’) -> str
