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+# mime
+
+Support for mapping between file extensions and MIME types. This module uses the latest version of the Apache "mime.types" file (maps over 620 types to 800+ extensions). It is also trivially easy to add your own types and extensions, should you need to do that.
+
+## Install
+
+Install with [npm](http://github.com/isaacs/npm):
+
+ npm install mime
+
+## API
+
+### mime.lookup(path) - lookup the type for a file or extension
+
+ var mime = require('mime');
+
+ mime.lookup('/path/to/file.txt'); // => 'text/plain'
+ mime.lookup('file.txt'); // => 'text/plain'
+ mime.lookup('.txt'); // => 'text/plain'
+ mime.lookup('htm'); // => 'text/html'
+
+### mime.extension(type) - lookup the default extension for type
+
+ mime.extension('text/html'); // => 'html'
+ mime.extension('application/octet-stream'); // => 'bin'
+
+### mime.charsets.lookup() - map mime-type to charset
+
+ mime.charsets.lookup('text/plain'); // => 'UTF-8'
+
+(The logic for charset lookups is pretty rudimentary. Feel free to suggest improvements.)
+
+## "Can you add support for [some type/extension]?"
+
+Start by adding support for the type in your project using the mime.define() or mime.load() methods (documented below).
+
+If there's a type that is shared across node.js modules, by different people, create an issue here and we'll add it if it makes sense.
+
+If the type in question applies to projects outside the node.js community (e.g. if [IANA](http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/) approves a new type) file a [bug with Apache](http://httpd.apache.org/bug_report.html) and create an issue here that links to it.
+
+### mime.define() - Add custom mime/extension mappings
+
+ mime.define({
+ 'text/x-some-format': ['x-sf', 'x-sft', 'x-sfml'],
+ 'application/x-my-type': ['x-mt', 'x-mtt'],
+ // etc ...
+ });
+
+ mime.lookup('x-sft'); // => 'text/x-some-format'
+ mime.extension('text/x-some-format'); // => 'x-sf'
+
+### mime.load(filepath) - Load mappings from an Apache ".types" format file
+
+ mime.load('./my_project.types');