---
name: "WebCommon.contentType"
section: "3kaya"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaya"
version: "0.4.4-6.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/WebCommon.contentType"
---

# WebCommon.contentType(3kaya)

Get the content type of the file

## NAME

WebCommon::contentType - Get the content type of the file

## SYNOPSIS

**String contentType(** *Uploaded file* **)**

## ARGUMENTS

**file** A user-uploaded file

## DESCRIPTION

Returns the user-reported content type of the uploaded file (e.g. **text/plain**  , **application/pdf**  or **image/png**  ). Depending on the configuration of the user's system, this information may not be completely reliable, and of course a malicious user could deliberately give an incorrect content type, so you may need to perform additional checks in some circumstances.

## AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

## LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

## RELATED

**WebCommon.Uploaded (3kaya)**

**WebCommon.allowFileUploads (3kaya)**

**WebCommon.originalName (3kaya)**

**WebCommon.tempPath (3kaya)**