MIME Types Reference

Searchable MIME types reference table. Find the correct Content-Type for any file extension — image, video, audio, text, application, and font.

71 MIME types

image/jpegimage

.jpg / .jpeg— JPEG image

image/pngimage

.png— Portable Network Graphics

image/gifimage

.gif— Graphics Interchange Format

image/webpimage

.webp— WebP image

image/svg+xmlimage

.svg— Scalable Vector Graphics

image/x-iconimage

.ico— Icon format

image/bmpimage

.bmp— Bitmap image

image/tiffimage

.tiff / .tif— Tagged Image File Format

image/avifimage

.avif— AV1 Image File Format

image/heicimage

.heic— High Efficiency Image Coding

video/mp4video

.mp4— MPEG-4 video

video/webmvideo

.webm— WebM video

video/oggvideo

.ogg— Ogg video

video/quicktimevideo

.mov— QuickTime video

video/x-msvideovideo

.avi— Audio Video Interleave

video/x-matroskavideo

.mkv— Matroska video

video/x-flvvideo

.flv— Flash video

video/x-ms-wmvvideo

.wmv— Windows Media Video

video/3gppvideo

.3gp— 3GPP video

audio/mpegaudio

.mp3— MP3 audio

audio/wavaudio

.wav— Waveform Audio Format

audio/oggaudio

.ogg— Ogg audio

audio/flacaudio

.flac— Free Lossless Audio Codec

audio/aacaudio

.aac— Advanced Audio Coding

audio/mp4audio

.m4a— MPEG-4 audio

audio/webmaudio

.webm— WebM audio

audio/opusaudio

.opus— Opus audio

audio/midiaudio

.mid / .midi— MIDI audio

text/htmltext

.html / .htm— HTML document

text/csstext

.css— Cascading Style Sheets

text/javascripttext

.js / .mjs— JavaScript module

text/plaintext

.txt— Plain text

text/csvtext

.csv— Comma-Separated Values

text/xmltext

.xml— XML document (text)

text/markdowntext

.md— Markdown text

text/calendartext

.ics— iCalendar format

text/vcardtext

.vcard / .vcf— vCard contact format

text/rtftext

.rtf— Rich Text Format

application/jsonapplication

.json— JSON data

application/xmlapplication

.xml— XML document

application/pdfapplication

.pdf— PDF document

application/zipapplication

.zip— ZIP archive

application/gzipapplication

.gz— Gzip compressed archive

application/x-tarapplication

.tar— Tape Archive

application/x-7z-compressedapplication

.7z— 7-zip archive

application/vnd.rarapplication

.rar— RAR archive

application/wasmapplication

.wasm— WebAssembly binary

application/javascriptapplication

.js— JavaScript (legacy MIME)

application/octet-streamapplication

.bin— Binary data (generic)

application/octet-streamapplication

.exe— Executable binary

application/mswordapplication

.doc— Microsoft Word document

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentapplication

.docx— Word (OOXML)

application/vnd.ms-excelapplication

.xls— Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheetapplication

.xlsx— Excel (OOXML)

application/vnd.ms-powerpointapplication

.ppt— Microsoft PowerPoint

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentationapplication

.pptx— PowerPoint (OOXML)

application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.textapplication

.odt— OpenDocument Text

application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheetapplication

.ods— OpenDocument Spreadsheet

application/epub+zipapplication

.epub— EPUB e-book

application/ld+jsonapplication

.jsonld— JSON-LD linked data

application/graphqlapplication

.graphql— GraphQL query

application/yamlapplication

.yaml / .yml— YAML data

application/tomlapplication

.toml— TOML configuration

application/msgpackapplication

.msgpack— MessagePack binary

application/x-www-form-urlencodedapplication

.form— URL-encoded form data

multipart/form-dataapplication

.multipart— Multipart form data (file upload)

font/wofffont

.woff— Web Open Font Format 1

font/woff2font

.woff2— Web Open Font Format 2

font/ttffont

.ttf— TrueType Font

font/otffont

.otf— OpenType Font

application/vnd.ms-fontobjectfont

.eot— Embedded OpenType (legacy IE)

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What are MIME Types?

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) types are standard identifiers used to indicate the nature and format of a document or file. They appear in HTTP headers as the Content-Type field and tell browsers, servers, and APIs how to handle a given file. The format is type/subtype, for example image/png or application/json.

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FAQ

What is the MIME type for JSON?

The correct MIME type for JSON is application/json. Use this as your Content-Type header when sending or receiving JSON data in REST APIs.

What MIME type should I use for file uploads?

For file uploads via HTML forms, use multipart/form-data. For sending raw binary data via API, use application/octet-stream.

What is the difference between text/javascript and application/javascript?

Both identify JavaScript files. text/javascript is the current IANA-registered standard (RFC 9239).application/javascript is an older alternative that is still widely accepted by browsers.

How do I set the Content-Type in a response header?

In most frameworks you set it directly: in Express.js use res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'image/png'), in Python/Flask use Response(data, mimetype='image/png'), and in Nginx use the types block in your configuration.