MimeType class

A MIME type representing the format of content.

MIME types consist of a primary type and a subtype, separated by a slash. They're used to identify the format of content in HTTP headers.

Examples:

// Using predefined constants
final jsonType = MimeType.json; // application/json
final htmlType = MimeType.html; // text/html
final pngType = MimeType('image', 'png'); // image/png

// Parsing from string
final customType = MimeType.parse('application/vnd.api+json');
print(customType.primaryType); // "application"
print(customType.subType); // "vnd.api+json"

// Checking if type is text-based
print(MimeType.json.isText); // true
print(MimeType.octetStream.isText); // false

// Converting to header value
print(MimeType.plainText.toHeaderValue()); // "text/plain"

Constructors

MimeType(String primaryType, String subType)

Creates a new mime type.

const

MimeType.parse(String type)

Parses a mime type from a string.

factory

Properties

hashCode → int

The hash code for this object.

no setter, override

isText → bool

Returns true if the mime type represents text-based content.

no setter

primaryType → String

The primary type of the mime type.

final

runtimeType → Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

no setter, inherited

subType → String

The sub type of the mime type.

final

Methods

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.

inherited

toHeaderValue() → String

Returns the value to use for the Content-Type header.

toString() → String

A string representation of this object.

override

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool

The equality operator.

override

Constants

css → const MimeType

CSS mime type.

csv → const MimeType

CSV mime type.

html → const MimeType

HTML mime type.

javascript → const MimeType

JavaScript mime type.

json → const MimeType

JSON mime type.

multipartByteranges → const MimeType

Multipart byteranges mime type.

multipartFormData → const MimeType

Multipart form data mime type.

octetStream → const MimeType

Binary mime type.

pdf → const MimeType

PDF mime type.

plainText → const MimeType

Text mime types.

rtf → const MimeType

RTF mime type.

urlEncoded → const MimeType

URL-encoded form MIME type.

xml → const MimeType

XML mime type.