The function ASSET_TYPE takes a Detailed Asset and returns the mime type of the Asset.
This function takes a Detailed Asset as input. It returns a String containing the mime type of the Asset, such as “image/jpeg” or “text/plain”.)
Declaration
ASSET_TYPE(detailed_asset) -> type
Parameters
detailed_asset (required, type: Detailed Asset)
Any Detailed Asset.
Note that a Detailed Asset is a subcategory of an Asset, and that the ASSET_TYPE function will not accept a general Asset as input, only a Detailed Asset.
Return Values
type(type: string)
The MIME type of the Detailed Asset, which can be text, image, or any other valid type. Here is a table of supported data types:
| Mime Type | Type of Data |
|---|---|
| image/jpeg | Jpeg Image |
| image/png | PNG Image |
| application/pdf | |
| image/svg+xml | An SVG XML file |
| image/gif | GIF image |
| audio/mpeg | MPEG Audio data |
| audio/mp3 | An MP3 file |
| audio/wav | WAV audio file |
| video/mp4 | MP4 Video file |
| text/html | HTML file |
| application/zip | Compressed Zip file |
| application/pgp-encrypted | First part of PGP encrypted data, body |
| application/vnd.ms-excel | Microsoft Excel file |
| application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet | Microsoft Excel (OpenXML) |
| font/otf | OpenType font |
| font/ttf | TrueType Font |
| font/woff | Web Open Font Format (WOFF) |
| font/woff2 | Web Open Font Format (WOFF) |
Examples
Assume the example has access to the following Detailed Asset, detailed_asset:
detailed_asset -> {
"id": "9d65de10-e1d5-4439-93c1-70434bec96a0",
"assetKey": "dc3ea11e-a294-40db-b47d-d3891d850710",
"organizationId": "15a00ea3-6980-48ea-8e8c-651ddff1f0bf",
"displayName": "placekitten.jpeg",
"description": null,
"type": "image/jpeg",
"size": 6483,
"version": 0,
"expiration": 600000,
"visibility": "GLOBAL",
"state": "ACTIVE",
"scope": "APP",
"region": "us-west-2",
"createdTime": "2021-12-15T00:44:50.459Z",
"modifiedTime": "2021-12-15T00:44:52.076Z",
"deletedTime": null,
"validationErrors": null,
"extraInfo": null,
"downloadUrl": "https://assets.airkit.com/15a00ea3-6980-48ea-8e8c-651ddff1f0bf/dc3ea11e-a294-40db-b47d-d3891d850710/9d65de10-e1d5-4439-93c1-70434bec96a0/0",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://assets.airkit.com/15a00ea3-6980-48ea-8e8c-651ddff1f0bf/dc3ea11e-a294-40db-b47d-d3891d850710/9d65de10-e1d5-4439-93c1-70434bec96a0/0_t"
}
The following example takes the Detailed Asset defined above and returns its MIME type. Note that this matches the value of the type property given above:
ASSET_TYPE(detailed_asset) -> "image/jpeg"