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								# negotiator
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								[![NPM Version][npm-image]][npm-url]
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								[![NPM Downloads][downloads-image]][downloads-url]
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								[![Node.js Version][node-version-image]][node-version-url]
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								[![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url]
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								An HTTP content negotiator for Node.js
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								## Installation
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								```sh
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								$ npm install negotiator
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								```
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								## API
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								```js
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								var Negotiator = require('negotiator')
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								```
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								### Accept Negotiation
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								```js
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								availableMediaTypes = ['text/html', 'text/plain', 'application/json']
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								// The negotiator constructor receives a request object
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								negotiator = new Negotiator(request)
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								// Let's say Accept header is 'text/html, application/*;q=0.2, image/jpeg;q=0.8'
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								negotiator.mediaTypes()
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								// -> ['text/html', 'image/jpeg', 'application/*']
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								negotiator.mediaTypes(availableMediaTypes)
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								// -> ['text/html', 'application/json']
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								negotiator.mediaType(availableMediaTypes)
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								// -> 'text/html'
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								```
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								You can check a working example at `examples/accept.js`.
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								#### Methods
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								##### mediaType()
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								Returns the most preferred media type from the client.
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								##### mediaType(availableMediaType)
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								Returns the most preferred media type from a list of available media types.
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								##### mediaTypes()
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								Returns an array of preferred media types ordered by the client preference.
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								##### mediaTypes(availableMediaTypes)
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								Returns an array of preferred media types ordered by priority from a list of
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								### Accept-Language Negotiation
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								```js
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								negotiator = new Negotiator(request)
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								availableLanguages = ['en', 'es', 'fr']
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								// Let's say Accept-Language header is 'en;q=0.8, es, pt'
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								negotiator.languages()
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								// -> ['es', 'pt', 'en']
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								negotiator.languages(availableLanguages)
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								// -> ['es', 'en']
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								language = negotiator.language(availableLanguages)
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								// -> 'es'
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								You can check a working example at `examples/language.js`.
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								##### language()
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								Returns the most preferred language from the client.
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								Returns the most preferred language from a list of available languages.
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								##### languages()
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								Returns an array of preferred languages ordered by the client preference.
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								### Accept-Charset Negotiation
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								availableCharsets = ['utf-8', 'iso-8859-1', 'iso-8859-5']
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								negotiator.charsets()
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								// -> ['utf-8', 'iso-8859-1', 'utf-7']
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								negotiator.charsets(availableCharsets)
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								negotiator.charset(availableCharsets)
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								// -> 'utf-8'
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								You can check a working example at `examples/charset.js`.
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								##### charset()
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								Returns the most preferred charset from the client.
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								Returns the most preferred charset from a list of available charsets.
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								Returns an array of preferred charsets ordered by the client preference.
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								Returns an array of preferred charsets ordered by priority from a list of
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								availableEncodings = ['identity', 'gzip']
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								##### encoding()
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								Returns the most preferred encoding from the client.
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								Returns the most preferred encoding from a list of available encodings.
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								Returns an array of preferred encodings ordered by the client preference.
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								## See Also
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								The [accepts](https://npmjs.org/package/accepts#readme) module builds on
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								and more.
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								## License
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								[MIT](LICENSE)
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								[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/negotiator.svg
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								[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/negotiator
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								[node-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/node/v/negotiator.svg
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								[node-version-url]: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
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								[travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/jshttp/negotiator/master.svg
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								[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/jshttp/negotiator
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								[coveralls-image]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/jshttp/negotiator/master.svg
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								[coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/jshttp/negotiator?branch=master
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								[downloads-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/negotiator.svg
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								[downloads-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/negotiator
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