Package googleapiclient :: Module mimeparse

Module mimeparse

MIME-Type Parser

This module provides basic functions for handling mime-types. It can handle
matching mime-types against a list of media-ranges. See section 14.1 of the
HTTP specification [RFC 2616] for a complete explanation.

   http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.1

Contents:
 - parse_mime_type():   Parses a mime-type into its component parts.
 - parse_media_range(): Media-ranges are mime-types with wild-cards and a 'q'
                          quality parameter.
 - quality():           Determines the quality ('q') of a mime-type when
                          compared against a list of media-ranges.
 - quality_parsed():    Just like quality() except the second parameter must be
                          pre-parsed.
 - best_match():        Choose the mime-type with the highest quality ('q')
                          from a list of candidates.

Version: 0.1.3

Author: Joe Gregorio

License: MIT License

Functions

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parse_mime_type(mime_type)
Parses a mime-type into its component parts.

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parse_media_range(range)
Parse a media-range into its component parts.

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fitness_and_quality_parsed(mime_type, parsed_ranges)
Find the best match for a mime-type amongst parsed media-ranges.

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quality_parsed(mime_type, parsed_ranges)
Find the best match for a mime-type amongst parsed media-ranges.

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quality(mime_type, ranges)
Return the quality ('q') of a mime-type against a list of media-ranges.

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best_match(supported, header)
Return mime-type with the highest quality ('q') from list of candidates.

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Variables

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__email__ = 'joe@bitworking.org'

__credits__ = ''

__package__ = None

Function Details

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parse_mime_type(mime_type)

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Parses a mime-type into its component parts.

Carves up a mime-type and returns a tuple of the (type, subtype, params)
where 'params' is a dictionary of all the parameters for the media range.
For example, the media range 'application/xhtml;q=0.5' would get parsed
into:

   ('application', 'xhtml', {'q', '0.5'})

parse_media_range(range)

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Parse a media-range into its component parts.

Carves up a media range and returns a tuple of the (type, subtype,
params) where 'params' is a dictionary of all the parameters for the media
range.  For example, the media range 'application/*;q=0.5' would get parsed
into:

   ('application', '*', {'q', '0.5'})

In addition this function also guarantees that there is a value for 'q'
in the params dictionary, filling it in with a proper default if
necessary.

fitness_and_quality_parsed(mime_type, parsed_ranges)

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Find the best match for a mime-type amongst parsed media-ranges.

Find the best match for a given mime-type against a list of media_ranges that have already been parsed by parse_media_range(). Returns a tuple of the fitness value and the value of the 'q' quality parameter of the best match, or (-1, 0) if no match was found. Just as for quality_parsed(), 'parsed_ranges' must be a list of parsed media ranges.

quality_parsed(mime_type, parsed_ranges)

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Find the best match for a mime-type amongst parsed media-ranges.

Find the best match for a given mime-type against a list of media_ranges that have already been parsed by parse_media_range(). Returns the 'q' quality parameter of the best match, 0 if no match was found. This function bahaves the same as quality() except that 'parsed_ranges' must be a list of parsed media ranges.

quality(mime_type, ranges)

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Return the quality ('q') of a mime-type against a list of media-ranges.

Returns the quality 'q' of a mime-type when compared against the media-ranges in ranges. For example:

>>> quality('text/html','text/*;q=0.3, text/html;q=0.7,
              text/html;level=1, text/html;level=2;q=0.4, */*;q=0.5')
0.7

best_match(supported, header)

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Return mime-type with the highest quality ('q') from list of candidates.

Takes a list of supported mime-types and finds the best match for all the media-ranges listed in header. The value of header must be a string that conforms to the format of the HTTP Accept: header. The value of 'supported' is a list of mime-types. The list of supported mime-types should be sorted in order of increasing desirability, in case of a situation where there is a tie.

>>> best_match(['application/xbel+xml', 'text/xml'],
               'text/*;q=0.5,*/*; q=0.1')
'text/xml'