2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/media/mediaType.go b/media/mediaType.go
index a6ba873eb..b56904cd9 100644
--- a/media/mediaType.go
+++ b/media/mediaType.go
@@ -15,10 +15,20 @@ package media
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type Types []Type
 
+func (t Types) GetByType(tp string) (Type, bool) {
+	for _, tt := range t {
+		if strings.EqualFold(tt.Type(), tp) {
+			return tt, true
+		}
+	}
+	return Type{}, false
+}
+
 // A media type (also known as MIME type and content type) is a two-part identifier for
 // file formats and format contents transmitted on the Internet.
 // For Hugo's use case, we use the top-level type name / subtype name + suffix.
diff --git a/media/mediaType_test.go b/media/mediaType_test.go
index e918b9393..c97ac782a 100644
--- a/media/mediaType_test.go
+++ b/media/mediaType_test.go
@@ -47,3 +47,14 @@ func TestDefaultTypes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func TestGetByType(t *testing.T) {
+	types := Types{HTMLType, RSSType}
+
+	mt, found := types.GetByType("text/HTML")
+	require.True(t, found)
+	require.Equal(t, mt, HTMLType)
+
+	_, found = types.GetByType("text/nono")
+	require.False(t, found)
+}