MIME Types Lookup

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Full MIME Type List

47 MIME types

.txt

text

text/plain

Plain Text File

.html

text

text/html

HTML Document

.htm

text

text/html

HTML Document

.css

text

text/css

CSS Stylesheet

.js

text

text/javascript

JavaScript File

.json

other

application/json

JSON Data

.xml

other

application/xml

XML Document

.csv

text

text/csv

CSV File

.md

text

text/markdown

Markdown Document

.jpg

image

image/jpeg

JPEG Image

.jpeg

image

image/jpeg

JPEG Image

.png

image

image/png

PNG Image

.gif

image

image/gif

GIF Animation

.svg

image

image/svg+xml

SVG Vector Image

.webp

image

image/webp

WebP Image

.ico

image

image/x-icon

Icon File

.bmp

image

image/bmp

Bitmap Image

.tiff

image

image/tiff

TIFF Image

.mp3

audio

audio/mpeg

MP3 Audio

.wav

audio

audio/wav

WAV Audio

.ogg

audio

audio/ogg

OGG Audio

.m4a

audio

audio/mp4

M4A Audio

.flac

audio

audio/flac

FLAC Audio

.aac

audio

audio/aac

AAC Audio

.mp4

video

video/mp4

MP4 Video

.avi

video

video/x-msvideo

AVI Video

.mov

video

video/quicktime

QuickTime Video

.wmv

video

video/x-ms-wmv

Windows Media Video

.flv

video

video/x-flv

Flash Video

.webm

video

video/webm

WebM Video

.mkv

video

video/x-matroska

Matroska Video

.pdf

document

application/pdf

PDF Document

.doc

document

application/msword

Word Document

.docx

document

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Word Document

.xls

document

application/vnd.ms-excel

Excel Spreadsheet

.xlsx

other

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Excel Spreadsheet

.ppt

document

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint

PowerPoint Presentation

.pptx

other

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation

PowerPoint Presentation

.zip

archive

application/zip

ZIP Archive

.rar

archive

application/x-rar-compressed

RAR Archive

.7z

other

application/x-7z-compressed

7-Zip Archive

.tar

archive

application/x-tar

TAR Archive

.gz

archive

application/gzip

Gzip Archive

.ttf

font

font/ttf

TrueType Font

.otf

font

font/otf

OpenType Font

.woff

font

font/woff

WOFF Font

.woff2

font

font/woff2

WOFF2 Font

About MIME Types

What is a MIME Type?

• Full Name: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

• Purpose: Indicates file type and format

• Format: type/subtype (e.g., text/html)

• Standard: RFC 6838

• Usage: HTTP protocol, Email, etc.

Common Categories

• text/*: Text files

• image/*: Image files

• audio/*: Audio files

• video/*: Video files

• application/*: Application data

Common Usage Scenarios

Web Development:

// HTTP Response Headers
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Type: image/jpeg

File Upload:

// Form Data
multipart/form-data
image/png
application/pdf