parse_media function

Parse a media type.

Parsed according to RFC 2616, as at https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2616#section-3.7.

parse_media(x)

Arguments

• x: String to parse

Details

A simplified minimal EBNF is:

• media-type = type "/" subtype *( ";" parameter )
• type = token
• subtype = token
• parameter = attribute "=" value
• attribute = token
• value = token | quoted-string
• token = 1*\<any CHAR except CTLs or ()\<\>@,;:\"/[]?=\{\}

Examples

parse_media("text/plain")
parse_media("text/plain; charset=utf-8")
parse_media("text/plain; charset=\"utf-8\"")
parse_media("text/plain; randomparam=\";=;=\"")