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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/mimetypes.rst3
-rw-r--r--Lib/mimetypes.py26
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_mimetypes.py3
-rw-r--r--Misc/ACKS1
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
5 files changed, 23 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst b/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst
index be11c0dce7..12c9eca6e8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ behavior of the module.
:const:`knownfiles` takes precedence over those named before it. Calling
:func:`init` repeatedly is allowed.
+ Specifying an empty list for *files* will prevent the system defaults from
+ being applied: only the well-known values will be present from a built-in list.
+
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Previously, Windows registry settings were ignored.
diff --git a/Lib/mimetypes.py b/Lib/mimetypes.py
index 5aaa908087..d7161f8134 100644
--- a/Lib/mimetypes.py
+++ b/Lib/mimetypes.py
@@ -243,25 +243,27 @@ class MimeTypes:
while True:
try:
ctype = _winreg.EnumKey(mimedb, i)
- except OSError:
+ except EnvironmentError:
break
else:
yield ctype
i += 1
- with _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
- r'MIME\Database\Content Type') as mimedb:
- for ctype in enum_types(mimedb):
+ with _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, '') as hkcr:
+ for subkeyname in enum_types(hkcr):
try:
- with _winreg.OpenKey(mimedb, ctype) as key:
- suffix, datatype = _winreg.QueryValueEx(key,
- 'Extension')
- except OSError:
+ with _winreg.OpenKey(hkcr, subkeyname) as subkey:
+ # Only check file extensions
+ if not subkeyname.startswith("."):
+ continue
+ # raises EnvironmentError if no 'Content Type' value
+ mimetype, datatype = _winreg.QueryValueEx(
+ subkey, 'Content Type')
+ if datatype != _winreg.REG_SZ:
+ continue
+ self.add_type(mimetype, subkeyname, strict)
+ except EnvironmentError:
continue
- if datatype != _winreg.REG_SZ:
- continue
- self.add_type(ctype, suffix, strict)
-
def guess_type(url, strict=True):
"""Guess the type of a file based on its URL.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mimetypes.py b/Lib/test/test_mimetypes.py
index 593fdb0a42..0b53032d39 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_mimetypes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_mimetypes.py
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ class Win32MimeTypesTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
# Use file types that should *always* exist:
eq = self.assertEqual
eq(self.db.guess_type("foo.txt"), ("text/plain", None))
-
+ eq(self.db.guess_type("image.jpg"), ("image/jpeg", None))
+ eq(self.db.guess_type("image.png"), ("image/png", None))
def test_main():
support.run_unittest(MimeTypesTestCase,
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 849fe99c3e..4f422724b2 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ Per Cederqvist
Matej Cepl
Carl Cerecke
Octavian Cerna
+Dave Chambers
Pascal Chambon
John Chandler
Hye-Shik Chang
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0773f9697a..409b56e60b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #15207: Fix mimetypes to read from correct part of Windows registry
+ Original patch by Dave Chambers
+
- Issue #16595: Add prlimit() to resource module.
- Issue #19324: Expose Linux-specific constants in resource module.