# mimetype-descriptions

> Library that provides localized description of mimetypes (based on shared-mime-info)

Latest version **1.0.1** (published 2022-06-19) · GPL-3.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install mimetype-descriptions
pnpm add mimetype-descriptions
yarn add mimetype-descriptions
bun add mimetype-descriptions
```

## 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 | 1.0.1 |
| Published | 2022-06-19 |
| First published | 2016-11-02 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 16 |
| Author | Michal Fudala |
| Maintainers | myhau |
| Keywords | mime, mimetype, mime-type, file, file-mime, file-mime-type, mime-file-type, mimefiletype, filemimetype |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/mimetype-descriptions
- Repository: https://github.com/myhau/mimetype-descriptions
- Homepage: https://github.com/myhau/mimetype-descriptions#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/myhau/mimetype-descriptions/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/mimetype-descriptions

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## Recent versions

- 1.0.1 (latest) — 2016-11-02
- 1.0.0 — 2016-11-02

## README

# mimetype-descriptions :notebook:
Library that provides localized description of mimetypes (based on shared-mime-info)


### Installation

[![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/mimetype-descriptions.png?compact=true)](https://npmjs.org/package/mimetype-descriptions)

`npm install mimetype-descriptions`


### Usage
 
```javascript
import mimetype from "mimetype-descriptions" 
// or 
// var mimetype = require("mimetype-descriptions");
 

// lang defaults to "en"
mimetype.description("application/x-desktop");                  // "desktop configuration file"

mimetype.description("text/mathml", "pl");                      // "Dokument MathML"

mimetype.acronym("text/mathml");                                // "MathML"

mimetype.expanded("text/mathml");                               // "Mathematical Markup Language"

mimetype.icon("application/vnd.ms-powerpoint");                 // "x-office-presentation"

mimetype.description("application/vnd.ms-powerpoint", "en_GB"); // "PowerPoint Presentation"

mimetype.full("application/vnd.ms-powerpoint");                 // returns description, acronym, expanded, icon in single object
 /*
 { 
   type: 'application/vnd.ms-powerpoint',
   description: {
      el: 'Παρουσίαση PowerPoint',
      eo: 'PowerPoint-prezentaĵo',
      en: 'PowerPoint presentation',
      oc: 'presentacion PowerPoint',
      ca: 'presentació de PowerPoint',
      it: 'Presentazione PowerPoint',
      cs: 'prezentace PowerPoint',
      ar: 'عرض تقديمي PowerPoint',
      ga: 'láithreoireacht PowerPoint',
      eu: 'PowerPoint aurkezpena',
      gl: 'presentación de PowerPoint',
      id: 'Presentasi PowerPoint',
      es: 'presentación de PowerPoint',
      ru: 'презентация PowerPoint',
      pt: 'apresentação PowerPoint',
      nl: 'PowerPoint-presentatie',
      nn: 'PowerPoint-presentasjon',
      nb: 'PowerPoint-presentasjon',
      tr: 'PowerPoint sunumu',
      lv: 'PowerPoint prezentācija',
      lt: 'PowerPoint pateiktis',
      vi: 'Trình diễn PowerPoint',
      zh_TW: 'PowerPoint 簡報',
      fo: 'PowerPoint framløga',
      ia: 'Presentation PowerPoint',
      en_GB: 'PowerPoint presentation',
      fr: 'présentation PowerPoint',
      bg: 'Презентация — PowerPoint',
      pt_BR: 'Apresentação do PowerPoint',
      hr: 'PowerPoint prezentacija',
      de: 'PowerPoint-Präsentation',
      hu: 'PowerPoint prezentáció',
      fi: 'PowerPoint-esitys',
      da: 'PowerPoint-præsentation',
      ja: 'PowerPoint プレゼンテーション',
      he: 'מצגת PowerPoint',
      ro: 'Prezentare PowerPoint',
      'be@latin': 'Prezentacyja PowerPoint',
      zh_CN: 'Microsoft PowerPoint 演示文稿',
      kk: 'PowerPoint презентациясы',
      sr: 'Пауер Поинт презентација',
      sq: 'Prezantim PowerPoint',
      ko: 'PowerPoint 프레젠테이션',
      sv: 'PowerPoint-presentation',
      sk: 'Prezentácia PowerPoint',
      pl: 'Prezentacja PowerPoint',
      uk: 'презентація PowerPoint',
      sl: 'Predstavitev Microsoft PowerPoint' 
   },
   icon: 'x-office-presentation' 
 }
 */
 
```


### How it works 
It uses [shared-mime-info](https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info/) (`freedesktop.org.xml` file)

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