Add: function to retrieve MIME type of a file

archivist/utils/files.py

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+import mimetypes
+
+def get_mime_type(file_path: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Get the MIME type of a file based on the file path.
+
+    Parameters:
+        file_path (str): The path to the file from which to determine the MIME type.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The MIME type of the file.
+    """
+    mime_type, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(file_path)
+    return mime_type
+
+
+