lib/restclient/request.rb
def maybe_convert_extension(ext)
      unless ext =~ /\A[a-zA-Z0-9_@-]+\z/
        # Don't look up strings unless they look like they could be a file
        # extension known to mime-types.
        #
        # There currently isn't any API public way to look up extensions
        # directly out of MIME::Types, but the type_for() method only strips
        # off after a period anyway.
        return ext
      end

      types = MIME::Types.type_for(ext)
      if types.empty?
        ext
      else
        types.first.content_type
      end
    end
def maybe_convert_extension(ext)
      unless ext =~ /\A[a-zA-Z0-9_@-]+\z/
        # Don't look up strings unless they look like they could be a file
        # extension known to mime-types.
        #
        # There currently isn't any API public way to look up extensions
        # directly out of MIME::Types, but the type_for() method only strips
        # off after a period anyway.
        return ext
      end

      types = MIME::Types.type_for(ext)
      if types.empty?
        ext
      else
        types.first.content_type
      end
    end
Given a MIME type or file extension, return either a MIME type or, if
 none is found, the input unchanged.

     >> maybe_convert_extension('json')
     => 'application/json'

     >> maybe_convert_extension('unknown')
     => 'unknown'

     >> maybe_convert_extension('application/xml')
     => 'application/xml'

 @param ext [String]

 @return [String]