https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2b94b923943a1f75cdbd5a5e4e2eb5f93eb43e23 commit: 2b94b923943a1f75cdbd5a5e4e2eb5f93eb43e23 branch: main author: htjworld <[email protected]> committer: sobolevn <[email protected]> date: 2026-05-31T07:45:48Z summary:
gh-131178: Fix mimetypes CLI docs, mention that errors go to stdout (#149683) Co-authored-by: sobolevn <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/mimetypes.rst M Lib/test/test_mimetypes.py diff --git a/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst b/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst index 5103eacde1dd5b..f33098faf7d8a7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ it converts file extensions to MIME types. For each ``type`` entry, the script writes a line into the standard output stream. If an unknown type occurs, it writes an error message into the -standard error stream and exits with the return code ``1``. +standard output stream and exits with the return code ``1``. .. mimetypes-cli-example: @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ interface: $ # get a MIME type for a rare file extension $ python -m mimetypes filename.pict - error: unknown extension of filename.pict + error: media type unknown for filename.pict $ # now look in the extended database built into Python $ python -m mimetypes --lenient filename.pict @@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ interface: $ python -m mimetypes filename.sh filename.nc filename.xxx filename.txt type: application/x-sh encoding: None type: application/x-netcdf encoding: None - error: unknown extension of filename.xxx + error: media type unknown for filename.xxx + type: text/plain encoding: None $ # try to feed an unknown MIME type $ python -m mimetypes --extension audio/aac audio/opus audio/future audio/x-wav diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mimetypes.py b/Lib/test/test_mimetypes.py index 607aff8418edcf..eccdc5bdf70795 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_mimetypes.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_mimetypes.py @@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import unittest.mock from platform import win32_edition from test import support -from test.support import cpython_only, force_not_colorized, os_helper +from test.support import cpython_only, force_not_colorized, os_helper, requires_subprocess from test.support.import_helper import ensure_lazy_imports +from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok, assert_python_failure try: import _winapi @@ -511,5 +512,59 @@ def test_invocation_error(self): self.assertEqual(result, expected) +@requires_subprocess() +class CommandLineSubprocessTest(unittest.TestCase): + def test_help(self): + rc, stdout, stderr = assert_python_ok('-m', 'mimetypes', '--help') + self.assertIn(b'mimetypes', stdout) + self.assertIn(b'--extension', stdout) + self.assertIn(b'--lenient', stdout) + + def test_type_lookup(self): + rc, stdout, stderr = assert_python_ok('-m', 'mimetypes', 'foo.pdf') + self.assertEqual(stdout.strip(), b'type: application/pdf encoding: None') + self.assertEqual(stderr, b'') + + def test_type_lookup_unknown(self): + rc, stdout, stderr = assert_python_failure('-m', 'mimetypes', 'foo.unknownext12345') + self.assertEqual(stdout.strip(), b'error: media type unknown for foo.unknownext12345') + self.assertEqual(stderr, b'') + + def test_extension_flag(self): + rc, stdout, stderr = assert_python_ok('-m', 'mimetypes', '-e', 'image/jpeg') + self.assertEqual(stdout.strip(), b'.jpg') + self.assertEqual(stderr, b'') + + def test_extension_flag_unknown(self): + rc, stdout, stderr = assert_python_failure('-m', 'mimetypes', '-e', 'image/unknowntype12345') + self.assertEqual(stdout.strip(), b'error: unknown type image/unknowntype12345') + self.assertEqual(stderr, b'') + + def test_lenient_flag(self): + rc, stdout, stderr = assert_python_ok('-m', 'mimetypes', '-e', '--lenient', 'text/xul') + self.assertIn(b'.xul', stdout) + self.assertEqual(stderr, b'') + + def test_multiple_inputs(self): + rc, stdout, stderr = assert_python_ok('-m', 'mimetypes', 'foo.pdf', 'foo.png') + self.assertIn(b'type: application/pdf encoding: None', stdout) + self.assertIn(b'type: image/png encoding: None', stdout) + self.assertEqual(stderr, b'') + + def test_multiple_inputs_with_error(self): + rc, stdout, stderr = assert_python_failure( + '-m', 'mimetypes', 'foo.pdf', 'foo.unknownext12345' + ) + self.assertIn(b'type: application/pdf encoding: None', stdout) + self.assertIn(b'error: media type unknown for foo.unknownext12345', stdout) + self.assertEqual(stderr, b'') + + @force_not_colorized + def test_unknown_flag(self): + rc, stdout, stderr = assert_python_failure('-m', 'mimetypes', '--unknown-flag', 'foo.pdf') + self.assertEqual(stdout, b'') + self.assertIn(b'error: unrecognized arguments: --unknown-flag', stderr) + + if __name__ == "__main__": unittest.main() _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
