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authorSubrahmanya Gaonkar <148525245+negativenagesh@users.noreply.github.com>2024-07-26 22:03:08 (GMT)
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Document ``mimetypes.MimeTypes.add_type()`` (#122301)
Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com>
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@@ -295,3 +295,13 @@ than one MIME-type database; it provides an interface similar to the one of the
types, else to the list of non-standard types.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
+
+
+ .. method:: MimeTypes.add_type(type, ext, strict=True)
+
+ Add a mapping from the MIME type *type* to the extension *ext*. When the
+ extension is already known, the new type will replace the old one. When the type
+ is already known the extension will be added to the list of known extensions.
+
+ When *strict* is ``True`` (the default), the mapping will be added to the
+ official MIME types, otherwise to the non-standard ones.