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File extensions, description and the MIME types for the Web

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Common MIME types

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions or MIME type gives information about the nature and format of a document, file, or assortment of bytes.
The value "text/plain" is the default value for textual files and this implies a human readable document, non-binary.

Conversely "application/octet-stream" is the default value for all other cases including the unknown.

IANA is the official registry of MIME media types and maintains a list of all the official MIME types.

File extensions, description and the MIME types for the Web

  • .aac - AAC audio -> audio/aac
  • .abw - AbiWord document -> application/x-abiword
  • .arc - Archive document (multiple files embedded) -> application/x-freearc
  • .avif - AVIF image -> image/avif
  • .avi - AVI: Audio Video Interleave -> video/x-msvideo
  • .azw - Amazon Kindle eBook format -> application/vnd.amazon.ebook
  • .bin - Any kind of binary data -> application/octet-stream
  • .bmp - Windows OS/2 Bitmap Graphics -> image/bmp
  • .bz - BZip archive -> application/x-bzip
  • .bz2 - BZip2 archive -> application/x-bzip2
  • .cda - CD audio -> application/x-cdf
  • .csh - C-Shell script -> application/x-csh
  • .css - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) -> text/css
  • .csv - Comma-separated values (CSV) -> text/csv
  • .doc - Microsoft Word -> application/msword
  • .docx - Microsoft Word (OpenXML) ->
    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
  • .eot - MS Embedded OpenType fonts -> application/vnd.ms-fontobject
  • .epub - Electronic publication (EPUB) -> application/epub+zip
  • .gz - GZip Compressed Archive -> application/gzip
  • .gif - Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) -> image/gif
  • .htm - HyperText Markup Language (HTML) -> text/html
  • .html - HyperText Markup Language (HTML) -> text/html
  • .ico - Icon format -> image/vnd.microsoft.icon
  • .ics - iCalendar format -> text/calendar
  • .jar - Java Archive (JAR) -> application/java-archive
  • .jpeg - JPEG images -> image/jpeg
  • .jpg - JPEG images -> image/jpeg
  • .js - JavaScript -> text/javascript (Specifications: HTML and RFC 9239)
  • .json - JSON format -> application/json
  • .jsonld - JSON-LD format -> application/ld+json
  • .mid .midi - Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) -> audio/midi, audio/x-midi
  • .mjs - JavaScript module -> text/javascript
  • .mp3 - MP3 audio -> audio/mpeg
  • .mp4 - MP4 video -> video/mp4
  • .mpeg - MPEG Video -> video/mpeg
  • .mpkg - Apple Installer Package -> application/vnd.apple.installer+xml
  • .odp - OpenDocument presentation document -> application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation
  • .ods - OpenDocument spreadsheet document -> application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet
  • .odt - OpenDocument text document -> application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
  • .oga- OGG audio -> audio/ogg
  • .ogv - OGG video -> video/ogg
  • .ogx - OGG -> application/ogg
  • .opus - Opus audio -> audio/opus
  • .otf - OpenType font -> font/otf
  • .png - Portable Network Graphics -> image/png
  • .pdf - Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) -> application/pdf
  • .php - Hypertext Preprocessor (Personal Home Page) -> application/x-httpd-php
  • .ppt - Microsoft PowerPoint -> application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
  • .pptx - Microsoft PowerPoint (OpenXML) ->
    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
  • .rar - RAR archive -> application/vnd.rar
  • .rtf - Rich Text Format (RTF -> application/rtf
  • .sh - Bourne shell script -> application/x-sh
  • .svg - Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) -> image/svg+xml
  • .tar - Tape Archive (TAR) -> application/x-tar
  • .tif - agged Image File Format (TIFF) -> image/tiff
  • .tiff - Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) ->image/tiff
  • .ts - MPEG transport stream -> video/mp2t
  • .ttf - TrueType Font -> font/ttf
  • .txt - Text, (generally ASCII or ISO 8859-n) -> text/plain
  • .vsd - Microsoft Visio -> application/vnd.visio
  • .wav - Waveform Audio Format -> audio/wav
  • .weba - WEBM audio -> audio/webm
  • .webm - WEBM video -> video/webm
  • .webp - WEBP image -> image/webp
  • .woff - Web Open Font Format (WOFF) -> font/woff
  • .woff2 - Web Open Font Format (WOFF) -> font/woff2
  • .xhtml - XHTML -> application/xhtml+xml
  • .xls - Microsoft Excel -> application/vnd.ms-excel
  • .xlsx - Microsoft Excel -> (OpenXML)
    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
  • .xml - XML -> application/xml is recommended as of RFC 7303 (section 4.1), but text/xml is still used sometimes. You can assign a specific MIME type to a file with .xml extension depending on how its contents are meant to be interpreted. For instance, an Atom feed is application/atom+xml, but application/xml serves as a valid default.
  • .xul - XUL -> application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml
  • .zip - ZIP archive -> application/zip
  • .3gp - 3GPP audio/video container -> video/3gpp; audio/3gpp if it doesn't contain video
  • .3g2 - 3GPP2 audio/video container -> video/3gpp2; audio/3gpp2 if it doesn't contain video
  • .7z - 7-zip archive -> application/x-7z-compressed
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