Sugar.mime

Helper Functions

Given a specific file, how do I figure out what its mime type is?

The mime.get_from_file_name() method lets you get the mime type based on the name of a given file. The mime.get_for_file() is a little more robust and can get mime types often without an extension.

from sugar import mime
...
       # Get the mime type for a specific file
        print mime.get_from_file_name('~/file-test/sample-music.mp3')

        # Get mime type for a file (does some more sophisticated checking on the file - not
        # dependent upon the file extension). 
        print mime.get_for_file('/home/fanwar/file-test/sample-acrobat')