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parse_media

Parse a media type.

Description

Parsed according to RFC 2616, as at http://pretty-rfc.herokuapp.com/RFC2616#media.types.

Usage

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=\";=;=\"")

httr

Tools for Working with URLs and HTTP

v1.4.2

MIT + file LICENSE

Authors

Hadley Wickham [aut, cre], RStudio [cph]

Initial release