Package

detect-content-type

detect-content-type implements the algorithm described at http://mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org/ to determine the Content-Type of the given data. It considers at most the first 512 bytes of data. It always returns a valid MIME type: if it cannot determine a mo

v1.2.0, 2 Feb 2018MITCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install detect-content-type

npm GitHub Homepage

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 84k; -41% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 8 years ago; v1.2.0
GitHub stars: 6; 1 forks
Open issues / PRs: 3 / 1
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

83,983 downloads last week, 420,006 in the last month. The 12-month change of -41% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 1.2.0, 2 Feb 20188 years ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 7 Dec 20221,388 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 3
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 6

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): -
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install detect-content-type

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/detect-content-type@1.2.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/detect-content-type@1.2.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/detect-content-type@1.2.0

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): no category.