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Stuart T.'s avatar
Stuart T.
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11 years ago

DBFile Mime Type?

Is there any way to get the mime-type of a DBFile? Ideally, it'd be nice to query from the DBFileInfo so I can know before I download it. But if that's not possible, can I get it from a file I've dow...
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Stuart T.'s avatar
Stuart T.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Steve,

Well, I guess if I decide it's necessary to do any sniffing, I can do that on my own to verify file types, I guess I just assumed there would be occasional issues with relying on extension or if I file is missing an extension.

But it would great if Dropbox is already doing a mapping a file extension to type that DBFileInfo still provided that information. Sure it could be done in the app but it's just additional logic that I would imagine is common in many apps.

Thanks for your help Steve!

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