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Implement the "get, decode, split" Fetch algorithm for ContentType

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start by reading the linked Fetch “get, decode, split” algorithm and the linked MIME-type extraction algorithm, then locate the ContentType implementation in this repository. The work is complete when ContentType follows the specified algorithm for extracting a MIME type; the issue does not name a file or test to run.

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Rust
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