Function _main

Lib/mimetypes.py:728–748

Run the mimetypes command-line interface and return a text to print.

(args=None)

def _main(args=None):
    """Run the mimetypes command-line interface and return a text to print."""
    args, help_text = _parse_args(args)

    results = []
    if args.extension:
        for gtype in args.type:
            guess = guess_extension(gtype, not args.lenient)
            if guess:
                results.append(str(guess))
            else:
                results.append(f"error: unknown type {gtype}")
        return results
    else:
        for gtype in args.type:
            guess, encoding = guess_type(gtype, not args.lenient)
            if guess:
                results.append(f"type: {guess} encoding: {encoding}")
            else:
                results.append(f"error: media type unknown for {gtype}")
        return results


if __name__ == '__main__':