httr (version 1.4.3)

parse_media: Parse a media type.

Description

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

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=\";=;=\"")