// Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
#ifndef NET_BASE_MIME_SNIFFER_H__
#define NET_BASE_MIME_SNIFFER_H__
#include <string>
#include "net/base/net_export.h"
class GURL;
namespace net {
// The maximum number of bytes used by any internal mime sniffing routine. May
// be useful for callers to determine an efficient buffer size to pass to
// |SniffMimeType|.
// This must be updated if any internal sniffing routine needs more bytes.
const int kMaxBytesToSniff = 1024;
// Examine the URL and the mime_type and decide whether we should sniff a
// replacement mime type from the content.
//
// @param url The URL from which we obtained the content.
// @param mime_type The current mime type, e.g. from the Content-Type header.
// @return Returns true if we should sniff the mime type.
NET_EXPORT bool ShouldSniffMimeType(const GURL& url,
const std::string& mime_type);
// Guess a mime type from the first few bytes of content an its URL. Always
// assigns |result| with its best guess of a mime type.
//
// @param content A buffer containing the bytes to sniff.
// @param content_size The number of bytes in the |content| buffer.
// @param url The URL from which we obtained this content.
// @param type_hint The current mime type, e.g. from the Content-Type header.
// @param result Address at which to place the sniffed mime type.
// @return Returns true if we have enough content to guess the mime type.
NET_EXPORT bool SniffMimeType(const char* content, size_t content_size,
const GURL& url, const std::string& type_hint,
std::string* result);
// Attempt to identify a MIME type from the first few bytes of content only.
// Uses a bigger set of media file searches than |SniffMimeType()|.
// If finds a match, fills in |result| and returns true,
// otherwise returns false.
//
// The caller should understand the security ramifications of trusting
// uncontrolled data before accepting the results of this function.
//
// @param content A buffer containing the bytes to sniff.
// @param content_size The number of bytes in the |content| buffer.
// @param result Address at which to place the sniffed mime type.
// @return Returns true if a MIME type match was found.
NET_EXPORT bool SniffMimeTypeFromLocalData(const char* content,
size_t content_size,
std::string* result);
} // namespace net
#endif // NET_BASE_MIME_SNIFFER_H__