get-content-type

Gets the Content Type for a URL

Features

• Avoids downloading the whole file
• Works with HTTP and HTTPS
• Zero Dependencies
• Follows 301 Redirects
• Works even when HEAD requests are blocked (because it uses GET)

Limitations

• Only works in NodeJS

Install

npm install get-content-type

Usage

const { getContentType } = require('get-content-type');

const url = "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/planet-disaster-data/hurricane-harvey/SkySat_Freeport_s03_20170831T162740Z3.tif";
const { contentType } = await getContentType({ url });
// contentType is "image/tiff"

Advanced Usage

Modifying High Water Mark

The High Water Mark is how many bytes to read before returning the result. The default is 1024.

const { contentType } = await getContentType({ highWaterMark: 512, url });