Web/API/MimeTypeArray

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The MimeTypeArray interface returns an array of MimeType instances, each of which contains information about a supported browser plugins. This object is returned by NavigatorPlugins.mimeTypes.

Properties

MimeTypeArray.length

The number of items in the array.

Methods

MimeTypeArray.item()

Returns the MimeType object with the specified index.

MimeTypeArray.namedItem()

Returns the MimeType object with the specified name.

Example

The following example tests whether a plugin is available for the application/pdf mime type and if so, which plugin that is.

var mimeTypes = navigator.MimeType;
var flashPlugin = mimeTypes['video/x-flv'];
if (typeof flashPlugin === "undefined") {
  var vid = document.createElement('video');
  // Use vid.canPlayType() to test for a supported mime type.
} else {
  // Notify the user that flash is being deprecated and they
  //   should upgrade their browser.
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'MimeTypeArray' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
MimeTypeArray	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
item	Chrome Full support 59 Notes' Full support 59 Notes' Notes' Prior to version 59, method parameters were optional	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support 59 Notes' Full support 59 Notes' Notes' Prior to version 59, method parameters were optional	Chrome Android Full support 59 Notes' Full support 59 Notes' Notes' Prior to version 59, method parameters were optional	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 7.0 Notes' Full support 7.0 Notes' Notes' Prior to Samsung Internet 7.0, method parameters were optional
length	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
namedItem	Chrome Full support 59 Notes' Full support 59 Notes' Notes' Prior to version 59, method parameters were optional	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support 59 Notes' Full support 59 Notes' Notes' Prior to version 59, method parameters were optional	Chrome Android Full support 59 Notes' Full support 59 Notes' Notes' Prior to version 59, method parameters were optional	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 7.0 Notes' Full support 7.0 Notes' Notes' Prior to Samsung Internet 7.0, method parameters were optional

Legend

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See implementation notes.

MimeTypeArray by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.