The type
property of a Blob
object returns the MIME type of the file.
Blob.type
Value
A DOMString
containing the file's MIME type, or an empty string if the type could not be determined.
Examples
This example asks the user to select a number of files, then checks each file to make sure it's one of a given set of image file types.
HTML
<input type="file" id="input" multiple> <output id="output">Choose image files...</output>
JavaScript
// our application only allows GIF, PNG, and JPEG images const allowedFileTypes = ["image/png", "image/jpeg", "image/gif"]; const input = document.getElementById('input'); const output = document.getElementById('output'); input.addEventListener('change', (event) => { const files = event.target.files; if (files.length === 0) { output.innerText = 'Choose image files...'; return; } if (Array.from(files).every((file) => allowedFileTypes.includes(file.type))) { output.innerText = 'All files clear!'; } else { output.innerText = 'Please choose image files only.'; } });
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
File API # dfn-type |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
type |
5
|
12
|
4
|
10
|
11
|
6
|
4.4
|
18
|
4
|
11
|
6
|
1.0
|
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Blob/type