# mimesniff
> Sniff MIME types in browser
Latest version **1.1.1** (published 2019-03-19) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads
## Install
```sh
npm install mimesniff
pnpm add mimesniff
yarn add mimesniff
bun add mimesniff
```
## Health
**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.
Positive: no vulnerabilities.
Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.
Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.
## Facts
| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.1 |
| Published | 2019-03-19 |
| First published | 2019-03-14 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 6.5 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Author | Blake Friedman |
| Maintainers | blakef |
| Keywords | MIME, sniff |
## Links
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/mimesniff
- Homepage: https://gitlab.com/blakef/mimesniff#readme
- Issues: https://gitlab.com/blakef/mimesniff/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/mimesniff
## Recent versions
- 1.1.1 (latest) — 2019-03-19
- 1.1.0 — 2019-03-19
- 1.0.1 — 2019-03-14
- 1.0.0 — 2019-03-14
## README
# MIME Sniffing for the Browser
Do you not trust your the mime type determined by your browser, you shouldn't. Most browsers will take a
file's extension to determine MIME type. Using `getMIMEType(file)` will try sniff the file type:
```html
MIME test
```
# Can sniff:
| Category | Type |
|----------|------|
| audio | aiff |
| audio | mpeg |
| application | ogg |
| audio | midi |
| video | avi |
| audio | wave |
| image | bmp |
| image | gif |
| image | gif |
| image | webp |
| image | png |
| image | jpeg |
| application | x-gzip |
| application | zip |
| application | x-rar-compressed |
| application | postscript |
| application | pdf |
# Develop
Want to add support for more types? Take a look at the [MIME Sniffing living standard](https://mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org/).
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