added auto-detection for the output type on the client side to be able to download binary files such as videos

source/utils/__init__.py

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 from . import parameters
+from . import mimetypes

source/utils/mimetypes.py

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+def is_textlike(mimetype: str) -> bool:
+    """
+    Determinate if a mimetype is considered as holding text
+    :param mimetype: the mimetype to check
+    :return: True if the mimetype represent text, False otherwise
+    """
+
+    # check the family of the mimetype
+    if mimetype.startswith("text/"):
+        return True
+
+    # check applications formats that are text formatted
+    if mimetype in [
+        "application/xml",
+        "application/json",
+        "application/javascript"
+    ]:
+        return True
+
+    # otherwise consider the file as non-text
+    return False