ktor-http/io.ktor.http/ContentType

ContentType

class ContentType : HeaderValueWithParameters

Represents a value for a Content-Type header.

Constructors

ContentType

fun ContentType(contentType: String, contentSubtype: String, parameters: List<HeaderValueParam> = emptyList())

Types

Application

object Application

Provides a list of standard subtypes of an application content type.

Audio

object Audio

Provides a list of standard subtypes of an audio content type.

Companion

object Companion

Image

object Image

Provides a list of standard subtypes of an image content type.

Message

object Message

Provides a list of standard subtypes of a message content type.

MultiPart

object MultiPart

Provides a list of standard subtypes of a multipart content type.

Text

object Text

Provides a list of standard subtypes of a text content type.

Video

object Video

Provides a list of standard subtypes of a video content type.

Functions

equals

open operator override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean

hashCode

open override fun hashCode(): Int

match

fun match(pattern: ContentType): Boolean

fun match(pattern: String): Boolean

Checks if this type matches a pattern type taking into account placeholder symbols * and parameters.

parameter

fun parameter(name: String): String?

The first value for the parameter with name comparing case-insensitively or null if no such parameters found

toString

open override fun toString(): String

withoutParameters

fun withoutParameters(): ContentType

Creates a copy of this type without any parameters

withParameter

fun withParameter(name: String, value: String): ContentType

Creates a copy of this type with the added parameter with the name and value.

Properties

contentSubtype

val contentSubtype: String

represents a subtype part of the media type.

contentType

val contentType: String

represents a type part of the media type.

parameters

val parameters: List<HeaderValueParam>

Extensions

charset

fun HeaderValueWithParameters.charset(): Charset?

Extracts a Charset value from the given Content-Type, Content-Disposition or similar header value.

fileExtensions

fun ContentType.fileExtensions(): List<String>

Recommended file name extensions for this content type

withCharset

fun ContentType.withCharset(charset: Charset): ContentType

Creates a copy of this type with the added charset parameter with charset value.

withCharsetIfNeeded

fun ContentType.withCharsetIfNeeded(charset: Charset): ContentType

Creates a copy of this type with the added charset parameter with charset value if ContentType is not ignored