httr (version 1.0.0)

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)

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*@,;:\"/[]?={}
• quoted-string = " *(any text except ", unless escaped with \) "

Examples

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