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Bidirectional lookup between MIME types and file extensions, searchable / filterable / sortable catalog of 250+ entries, drag-and-drop file inspector with mismatch detection, and ready Content-Type header snippets for fetch / curl / Python.

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All MIME types

Hand-curated catalog of common content types.

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  • Concise Binary Object Representation.

    .cbor

  • MPEG-DASH manifest.

    .mpd

  • EPUB — open ebook format (zipped XHTML).

    .epub

  • Legacy SFNT font MIME (now font/sfnt).

    .ttf.otf

  • GeoJSON — IANA-canonical MIME.

    .geojson

  • GPX — GPS exchange format.

    .gpx

  • GraphQL query document.

    .graphql.gql

  • GraphQL-over-HTTP JSON request/response.

    .json

  • gzip-compressed stream.

    .gz

  • HashiCorp Configuration Language.

    .hcl.tf

  • Java Archive — zipped class bundle.

    .jar

  • JavaScript — legacy IANA-registered alternate.

    .js.mjs

  • JOSE — JSON Object Signing & Encryption.

    .jose

  • JOSE JSON serialization.

    .json

  • JSON — JavaScript Object Notation.

    .json.map

  • JSON Web Token (compact serialization).

    .jwt

  • JSON-LD — linked-data JSON.

    .jsonld

  • Web App Manifest — PWA install metadata.

    .webmanifest

  • Unix mbox mailbox archive.

    .mbox

  • Microsoft Word 97-2003 document.

    .doc.dot

  • Generic binary — "I don't know what's in this file".

    .bin.dat.deploy

  • Portable Document Format — fixed-layout document.

    .pdf

  • PGP-encrypted payload.

    .pgp

  • PGP public/private key block.

    .asc.gpg

  • PGP detached signature.

    .sig.asc

  • PKCS#10 certificate request.

    .p10.csr

  • PKCS#12 keystore (PFX).

    .p12.pfx

  • PKCS#7 cryptographic message.

    .p7m.p7c

  • PKCS#7 detached signature.

    .p7s

  • PKCS#8 private key.

    .p8

  • Adobe PostScript page description language.

    .ps.eps.ai

  • Problem Details for HTTP APIs.

    —

  • Problem Details (XML variant).

    —

  • Rich Text Format — cross-app formatted text.

    .rtf

  • SQL script.

    .sql

  • TOML configuration format.

    .toml

  • TypeScript source.

    .ts.tsx

  • Amazon Kindle AZW ebook.

    .azw

  • Android application package.

    .apk

  • Apache Arrow IPC file.

    .arrow

  • AppImage — portable Linux app bundle.

    .appimage

  • Apple Keynote presentation.

    .key

  • HLS playlist (HTTP Live Streaming).

    .m3u8

  • Apple Numbers spreadsheet.

    .numbers

  • Apple Pages document.

    .pages

  • CoffeeScript source.

    .coffee

  • Debian/Ubuntu package.

    .deb

  • GeoJSON — geographic features.

    .geojson

  • KML — Google Earth markup.

    .kml

  • KMZ — zipped KML bundle.

    .kmz

  • Protocol Buffers — Google-canonical MIME.

    .proto.pb

  • PE executable — IANA-registered.

    .exe.dll

  • Microsoft Access database.

    .mdb.accdb

  • Microsoft Cabinet archive.

    .cab

  • Microsoft Excel 97-2003 spreadsheet.

    .xls.xlt.xla

  • Embedded OpenType — legacy IE web font.

    .eot

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003 presentation.

    .ppt.pps.pot

  • Microsoft Project plan.

    .mpp

  • Microsoft Publisher document.

    .pub

  • OpenDocument Drawing.

    .odg

  • OpenDocument Presentation.

    .odp

  • OpenDocument Spreadsheet.

    .ods

  • OpenDocument Text — LibreOffice/OpenOffice writer.

    .odt

  • OpenStreetMap data XML.

    .osm

  • Microsoft PowerPoint (Office Open XML).

    .pptx

  • PowerPoint template (Office Open XML).

    .potx

  • Microsoft Excel (Office Open XML).

    .xlsx

  • Excel template (Office Open XML).

    .xltx

  • Microsoft Word (Office Open XML).

    .docx

  • Word template (Office Open XML).

    .dotx

  • RAR archive — IANA-registered.

    .rar

  • ESRI Shapefile geometry.

    .shp

  • SQLite 3 database file.

    .sqlite.sqlite3.db

  • Microsoft Visio diagram.

    .vsd.vss.vst

  • WebAssembly module binary.

    .wasm

  • 7-Zip archive — high-ratio LZMA2.

    .7z

  • ACE archive.

    .ace

  • Apple Disk Image.

    .dmg

  • ARJ archive — legacy DOS compressor.

    .arj

  • Windows batch script.

    .bat.cmd

  • BitTorrent metainfo file.

    .torrent

  • Blender 3D project.

    .blend

  • Legacy bzip compression.

    .bz

  • bzip2 block-sorting compressor.

    .bz2

  • Unix compress(1) LZW stream.

    .z

  • cpio archive — Unix file collection.

    .cpio

  • Dockerfile build instructions.

    .dockerfile

  • ELF binary file.

    .elf

  • ELF executable (Linux/BSD).

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  • Apache Arrow Feather file.

    .feather

  • FictionBook ebook (XML).

    .fb2

  • Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format.

    .bdf

  • Portable Compiled Font.

    .pcf

  • PostScript Type 1 font.

    .pfa.pfb

  • HDF5 scientific data container.

    .h5.hdf5

  • PHP server-side script.

    .php.phtml.phar

  • ISO 9660 disc image.

    .iso

  • Lzip — long-term archival LZMA.

    .lz

  • Raw LZMA-compressed stream.

    .lzma

  • macOS Mach-O binary.

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  • Mobipocket ebook — used by older Kindles.

    .mobi.prc

  • M3U playlist (text URLs).

    .m3u

  • Windows PE executable / DLL.

    .exe.dll

  • MessagePack binary serialization.

    .msgpack.mpk

  • Microsoft Installer package.

    .msi

  • Newline-delimited JSON — streaming and log payloads.

    .ndjson.jsonl

  • NetCDF scientific array data.

    .nc.cdf

  • Apache Parquet columnar storage.

    .parquet

  • PEM-encoded certificate or key.

    .pem

  • Perl script (application MIME).

    .pl.pm

  • PowerShell script.

    .ps1.psm1.psd1

  • Protocol Buffers payload.

    .proto.pb

  • RAR archive (legacy MIME).

    .rar

  • RPM package (Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE).

    .rpm

  • Bourne shell script (alternate MIME).

    .sh

  • Adobe Flash SWF (deprecated).

    .swf

  • StuffIt archive — classic Mac compression.

    .sit

  • Unix tape archive (tarball).

    .tar

  • TeX document (application MIME).

    .tex

  • URL-encoded form payload — the default <form> POST body.

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  • X.509 certificate.

    .crt.der.cer

  • XZ container around LZMA2.

    .xz

  • YAML — legacy alternate MIME.

    .yaml.yml

  • XML document — application-style.

    .xml.xsd

  • YAML — human-friendly serialization.

    .yml.yaml

  • ZIP archive — the universal container.

    .zip

  • Zstandard — fast modern compression.

    .zst

  • 3GPP audio-only container.

    .3ga

  • Raw Advanced Audio Coding stream.

    .aac

  • Audio Interchange File Format — Apple's RIFF cousin.

    .aif.aiff.aifc

  • Adaptive Multi-Rate — mobile voice codec.

    .amr

  • Sun/NeXT 8-bit µ-law audio.

    .au.snd

  • Free Lossless Audio Codec.

    .flac

  • Musical Instrument Digital Interface sequence.

    .mid.midi.kar

  • MP4 audio container — IANA-registered form.

    .m4a.m4b.m4p.mp4a

  • MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer III — the ubiquitous MP3.

    .mp3.mpga

  • Ogg container with Vorbis or Opus audio.

    .ogg.oga

  • Opus codec in its native container.

    .opus

  • Dolby Digital AC-3 audio.

    .ac3

  • DTS Coherent Acoustics surround audio.

    .dts

  • Waveform Audio — uncompressed PCM in RIFF.

    .wav

  • WebM audio-only — usually Opus.

    .weba

  • Monkey's Audio — lossless codec.

    .ape

  • MPEG-4 audio container (typically AAC).

    .m4a

  • Windows Media Audio.

    .wma

  • WavPack — lossless or hybrid lossy audio.

    .wv

  • Protein Data Bank — chemistry / molecular structure.

    .pdb

  • TrueType/OpenType collection (multiple faces).

    .ttc

  • OpenType font.

    .otf

  • Generic SFNT-wrapped font.

    .ttf.otf

  • TrueType font.

    .ttf

  • Web Open Font Format 1.0.

    .woff

  • Web Open Font Format 2.0 — Brotli-compressed.

    .woff2

  • Animated PNG — PNG with animation frames.

    .apng

  • AVIF — AV1-based next-gen image format. Best compression on the web.

    .avif

  • Windows bitmap — uncompressed raster.

    .bmp.dib

  • Graphics Interchange Format — 256-color animations.

    .gif

  • HEIC — High-Efficiency Image Container, default for iPhone photos.

    .heic

  • HEIF — High-Efficiency Image Format, container for HEVC stills.

    .heif

  • JPEG image — lossy photographic compression. The web's default photo format.

    .jpg.jpeg.jpe.jfif

  • JPEG XL — modern royalty-free image codec.

    .jxl

  • Portable Network Graphics — lossless raster with alpha channel.

    .png

  • Scalable Vector Graphics — XML-based vector image.

    .svg.svgz

  • Tagged Image File Format — print and archival imaging.

    .tif.tiff

  • Adobe Photoshop document.

    .psd

  • AutoCAD Drawing — vector CAD file.

    .dwg

  • AutoCAD DXF — interchange CAD file.

    .dxf

  • Microsoft icon — IANA-registered alternate of image/x-icon.

    .ico

  • WebP — Google's image format, beats JPEG/PNG in size at similar quality.

    .webp

  • Encapsulated PostScript — print-bureau vector format.

    .eps

  • Windows icon format — legacy favicon container.

    .ico

  • Portable Bitmap — Netpbm 1-bit image.

    .pbm

  • Portable Graymap — Netpbm grayscale image.

    .pgm

  • Portable Pixmap — Netpbm color image.

    .ppm

  • Truevision TGA — game and effects pipeline raster.

    .tga

  • X BitMap — monochrome bitmap from X Window System.

    .xbm

  • Internationalized email message.

    —

  • Fragmented email body part.

    —

  • Email message — MIME-encoded.

    .eml.mht.mhtml

  • glTF binary container.

    .glb

  • glTF — JSON 3D scene description.

    .gltf

  • Wavefront OBJ 3D geometry.

    .obj

  • STL — stereolithography 3D mesh.

    .stl

  • VRML — virtual reality modeling.

    .wrl.vrml

  • X3D — XML-encoded 3D scene.

    .x3d

  • Multipart alternatives — pick one (HTML vs plain).

    —

  • Multipart response for HTTP Range requests.

    —

  • Multipart form upload — needed for file uploads.

    —

  • Generic multipart container — assorted parts.

    —

  • AppCache manifest (deprecated).

    .appcache.manifest

  • iCalendar — events, todos, free/busy.

    .ics.ifb

  • Cascading Style Sheets.

    .css

  • Comma-Separated Values.

    .csv

  • Server-Sent Events stream.

    .sse

  • HyperText Markup Language document.

    .html.htm.shtml

  • JavaScript source — the WHATWG-canonical MIME.

    .js.mjs

  • React JSX source.

    .jsx

  • Markdown — lightweight prose markup.

    .md.markdown.mdown.mkd

  • Plain text — assume UTF-8 unless specified.

    .txt.text.log.ini.conf

  • Rich Text Format (text-style MIME).

    .rtf

  • SubRip subtitle file.

    .srt

  • Tab-Separated Values.

    .tsv

  • React TSX source.

    .tsx

  • vCard contact data.

    .vcf.vcard

  • WebVTT — HTML5 video text tracks.

    .vtt

  • AsciiDoc — technical-writing markup.

    .adoc.asciidoc

  • BibTeX bibliography database.

    .bib

  • C source / header.

    .c.h

  • C++ source / header.

    .cpp.cxx.cc.hpp.hxx.hh

  • Clojure source.

    .clj.cljs.cljc

  • C# source.

    .cs

  • Dart source.

    .dart

  • Unified diff / patch.

    .diff.patch

  • Elixir source.

    .ex.exs

  • Erlang source.

    .erl

  • Go source.

    .go

  • Haskell source.

    .hs.lhs

  • Java source.

    .java

  • Kotlin source.

    .kt.kts

  • Plain-text log file.

    .log

  • Lua source.

    .lua

  • Emacs Org-mode document.

    .org

  • Perl source.

    .pl.pm

  • Python source.

    .py.pyw

  • R source / R Markdown.

    .r.rmd

  • reStructuredText — Python world's markup.

    .rst

  • Ruby source.

    .rb

  • Rust source.

    .rs

  • Scala source.

    .scala.sc

  • Shell script (Bash, sh).

    .sh.bash

  • Swift source.

    .swift

  • TeX / LaTeX source.

    .tex.ltx

  • vCalendar 1.0 — predecessor to iCalendar.

    .vcs

  • vCard 2.1 (legacy).

    .vcf

  • XML document — text-style (legacy).

    .xml

  • 3GPP mobile container.

    .3gp.3gpp

  • 3GPP2 mobile container (CDMA carriers).

    .3g2.3gpp2

  • AV1 elementary stream.

    .av1

  • Raw H.264 Annex B video stream.

    .h264

  • Raw HEVC video stream.

    .h265.hevc

  • MPEG-2 Transport Stream — broadcast and HLS segments.

    .ts.m2ts.mts

  • MPEG-4 Part 14 — the de facto streaming video container.

    .mp4.m4v

  • MPEG-1/2 video stream.

    .mpeg.mpg.mpe.m1v.m2v

  • Ogg container with Theora or VP8 video.

    .ogv

  • Apple QuickTime container.

    .mov.qt

  • DLNA MPEG-TS variant for home streaming.

    .tts

  • WebM — open container, usually VP9/AV1 + Opus.

    .webm

  • Adobe Flash F4V — H.264 in Flash container.

    .f4v

  • Flash Video container.

    .flv

  • Matroska — high-flexibility open container.

    .mkv.mka

  • Advanced Systems Format — Microsoft streaming.

    .asf.asx

  • Windows Media Video.

    .wmv

  • Audio Video Interleave — legacy Microsoft container.

    .avi

Common Content-Type headers

Drop-in headers and snippets for the most-asked content types.

JSON API

Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

Default for REST/JSON APIs. Always declare charset for clarity.

HTML page

Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Required so browsers don't second-guess the encoding.

URL-encoded form

Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Default for plain HTML <form> submissions without files.

Multipart form (file upload)

Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW

Use this when uploading files. The boundary is generated by the client.

Binary download

Content-Type: application/octet-stream

Generic binary stream. Pair with Content-Disposition for downloads.

Streaming JSON

Content-Type: application/x-ndjson

Newline-delimited JSON — useful for streaming logs and chunked APIs.

Server-Sent Events

Content-Type: text/event-stream

EventSource feed. Disable proxy buffering or messages will batch.

WebAssembly

Content-Type: application/wasm

Required so the browser can streaming-compile via instantiateStreaming.

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