path: root/mail/mail-identify.c

/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8 -*- */

/*
 * Author :
 *  Dan Winship <danw@helixcode.com>
 *
 *  Copyright 2000, Helix Code, Inc. (http://www.helixcode.com)
 *
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 */

#include <config.h>

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#include <glib.h>
#include <libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-mime.h>
#include <libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-mime-sniff-buffer.h>
#include "mail.h"

/**
 * mail_identify_mime_part:
 * @part: a CamelMimePart
 * @md: the MailDisplay @part is being shown in
 *
 * Try to identify the MIME type of the data in @part (which presumably
 * doesn't have a useful Content-Type).
 **/
char *
mail_identify_mime_part (CamelMimePart *part, MailDisplay *md)
{
    const char *filename, *type;
    GnomeVFSMimeSniffBuffer *sniffer;
    CamelStream *memstream;
    CamelDataWrapper *data;
    GByteArray *ba;

    /* Try identifying based on name in Content-Type or
     * filename in Content-Disposition.
     */
    filename = camel_mime_part_get_filename (part);
    if (filename) {
        type = gnome_vfs_mime_type_from_name_or_default (filename,
                                 NULL);
        if (type)
            return g_strdup (type);
    }


    /* Try file magic. */
    data = camel_medium_get_content_object (CAMEL_MEDIUM (part));
    /* FIXME: In a perfect world, we would not load the content just
     * to identify the MIME type.
     */
    if (mail_content_loaded (data, md)) {       
        ba = g_byte_array_new ();
        memstream = camel_stream_mem_new_with_byte_array (ba);
        camel_data_wrapper_write_to_stream (data, memstream);
        if (ba->len) {
            sniffer = gnome_vfs_mime_sniff_buffer_new_from_memory (
                ba->data, ba->len);
            type = gnome_vfs_get_mime_type_for_buffer (sniffer);
            gnome_vfs_mime_sniff_buffer_free (sniffer);
        } else
            type = NULL;
        camel_object_unref (CAMEL_OBJECT (memstream));
    }

    if (type)
        return g_strdup (type);


    /* Another possibility to try is the x-mac-type / x-mac-creator
     * parameter to Content-Type used by some Mac email clients. That
     * would require a Mac type to mime type conversion table.
     */


    /* We give up. */
    return NULL;
}