instance method

OpenURI::Meta#content_type

() -> ::String

content_type

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.0.0/lib/open-uri.rb, line 557
def content_type
  type, *_ = content_type_parse
  type || 'application/octet-stream'
end

returns “type/subtype” which is MIME Content-Type. It is downcased for canonicalization. Content-Type parameters are stripped.

See also #content_encoding #last_modified #charset also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0