Bring back .load() possibly as a new npm module

[BigBlueHat]

According to #163 the .load() API was removed to avoid filesystem related dependencies (which makes good sense)!

mime.load -> deleted (Relic of when node-mime straight from apache's mime.types file, introduced dependencies on path and fs that have been problematic as this module has moved into new spaces (Electron, react-native, etc)

However, that removal is causing some pain in https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic and (relatedly) https://github.com/indexzero/http-server both of which have provided loading custom mime type databases from existing formats via this .load() feature.

Consequently, both projects are stuck with an earlier node-mime module until there's a path forward: either a new module for doing the loading or an optional feature here (or something).

Regardless, it'd be great to have this back in some form!

Thanks!
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/cc @jfhbrook

[broofa]

I'm afraid load() won't be coming back. I removed it not just because of the dependency issues mentioned previously (which are still valid concerns), but also because switching to mime-db meant there was no longer an internal need to load custom type files, especially in Apache's proprietary format.

If you want to create a separate module to load Apache .types it should be pretty straight-forward. Just copy/paste the .load() implementation , and format it into a structure suitable for passing to v2's mime.define().

[jfhbrook]

@BigBlueHat that works for me, if you want to be the all new maintainer of a apache mime.types loader package, it does look like it's relatively straightforward.

[jfhbrook]

@broofa thanks for the direction