MIME Type Reference

Reference table of common MIME types, file extensions, and their categories

51 of 51 types

Extension	MIME Type	Category	Description
.json	application/json	Application	JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data format
.xml	application/xml	Application	XML (Extensible Markup Language) data
.pdf	application/pdf	Application	Adobe Portable Document Format
.zip	application/zip	Application	ZIP compressed archive
.gz	application/gzip	Application	GNU zip (gzip) compressed data
.tar.gz	application/x-tar	Application	Tarball archive (often gzip compressed)
.wasm	application/wasm	Application	WebAssembly binary format
.bin	application/octet-stream	Application	Arbitrary binary data (generic fallback)
(form)	application/x-www-form-urlencoded	Application	HTML form data encoded as URL query string
.doc	application/msword	Application	Microsoft Word document (legacy .doc)
.docx	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document	Application	Microsoft Word Open XML document
.xls	application/vnd.ms-excel	Application	Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (legacy .xls)
.xlsx	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet	Application	Microsoft Excel Open XML spreadsheet
.pptx	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation	Application	Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML presentation
.7z	application/x-7z-compressed	Application	7-Zip compressed archive
.rar	application/vnd.rar	Application	RAR compressed archive
.jar	application/java-archive	Application	Java archive (JAR)
(multipart)	multipart/form-data	Application	Multipart form data, used for file uploads
.mp3	audio/mpeg	Audio	MPEG Layer-3 audio (MP3)
.ogg	audio/ogg	Audio	Ogg Vorbis audio container
.wav	audio/wav	Audio	Waveform Audio File Format (WAV/PCM)
.webm	audio/webm	Audio	WebM audio container
.aac	audio/aac	Audio	Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)
.flac	audio/flac	Audio	Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
.m4a	audio/mp4	Audio	MPEG-4 audio (AAC in MP4 container)
.opus	audio/opus	Audio	Opus interactive speech and audio codec
.jpg	image/jpeg	Image	JPEG compressed raster image
.png	image/png	Image	Portable Network Graphics (lossless)
.gif	image/gif	Image	Graphics Interchange Format (supports animation)
.webp	image/webp	Image	Google WebP image (lossy & lossless)
.svg	image/svg+xml	Image	Scalable Vector Graphics (XML-based)
.bmp	image/bmp	Image	Bitmap raster image format
.tiff	image/tiff	Image	Tagged Image File Format (high quality)
.ico	image/x-icon	Image	Icon format used by browsers (favicon)
.avif	image/avif	Image	AV1 Image File Format (modern, efficient)
.heic	image/heic	Image	High Efficiency Image Container (Apple)
.html	text/html	Text	HyperText Markup Language
.css	text/css	Text	Cascading Style Sheets
.js	text/javascript	Text	JavaScript / ECMAScript source
.txt	text/plain	Text	Plain text (no formatting)
.csv	text/csv	Text	Comma-Separated Values spreadsheet data
.md	text/markdown	Text	Markdown-formatted text document
.ics	text/calendar	Text	iCalendar schedule data format
.tsv	text/tab-separated-values	Text	Tab-Separated Values data
.mp4	video/mp4	Video	MPEG-4 video container (H.264/H.265)
.webm	video/webm	Video	WebM video container (VP8/VP9/AV1)
.ogv	video/ogg	Video	Ogg video container (Theora)
.mov	video/quicktime	Video	Apple QuickTime video container
.avi	video/x-msvideo	Video	Audio Video Interleave container (Microsoft)
.mkv	video/x-matroska	Video	Matroska multimedia container
.flv	video/x-flv	Video	Flash Video (legacy streaming format)

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