Guessing the accept type from file extension

[dmi3kno]

In accept() function you guys have this check:

httr/R/headers.r

Lines 98 to 100 in 34b9565

	if (substr(type, 1, 1) == ".") {
	type <- mime::guess_type(type, empty = NULL)
	}

I am using this function to specify the file type to be accepted using the file extension only, for example:

 httr::accept(".html")

#> Error in `type[file == ""] <- empty`:
#> ! replacement has length zero
#> Show Traceback

What was the idea when you made this if() statement? Did you guys intend to

• check that only extension is provided OR
• detect the hidden files (files, that start their name with a .)?

I think the function should be more clear about its intent. So far your code is checking for hidden files and not the extensions.