MIME Types

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)

An Internet standard for identifying thetype of object being transferred across the Internet. MIME types include several variants of audio,graphics, and video.

Syntex

Type/Subtype

Syntex for Optional Parameter.

type/subtype;parameter=value

The category of the document:

Type	Description
application	Contains binary data
audio	Audiofile
example	Placeholder in examples
font	Font/typeface data
message	Message that covers other messages
model	Model data for 3D object
multipart	Data composed of multiple components
text	Text document
video	Video file

File extension	Media Types and Subtypes
123	application/vnd.lotus-1-2-3
3dmf	x-world/x-3dmf
3ds	image/x-3ds
669	audio/x-mod
ai	application/postscript
aif	audio/aiff
aif	audio/x-aiff
aiff	audio/aiff
aiff	audio/x-aiff
ani	application/x-navi-animation
aos	application/x-nokia-9000-communicator-add-on-software
aps	application/mime
arc	application/octet-stream
arj	application/arj
arj	application/octet-stream
art	image/x-jg
asf	video/x-ms-asf
asm	text/x-asm
asp	text/asp
asx	application/x-mplayer2
asx	video/x-ms-asf
asx	video/x-ms-asf-plugin
au	audio/basic
au	audio/x-au
avi	application/x-troff-msvideo
avi	video/avi
avi	video/msvideo
avi	video/x-msvideo
bin	application/mac-binary
bin	application/macbinary
bin	application/octet-stream
bin	application/x-binary
bin	application/x-macbinary
bm	image/bmp
bmp	image/bmp
bmp	image/x-windows-bmp
boo	application/book
book	application/book
c	text/x-c
c++	text/plain
ccad	application/book
class	application/java
class	application/java-byte-code
class	application/x-java-class
com	application/octet-stream
com	text/plain
conf	text/plain
cpp	text/x-c
cpt	application/mac-compactpro
cpt	application/x-compactpro
cpt	application/x-cpt
css	application/x-pointplus
css	text/css
dcr	application/x-director
def	text/plain
dif	video/x-dv
dir	application/x-director
dl	video/dl
dl	video/x-dl
doc	application/msword
dot	application/msword
drw	application/drafting
dvi	application/x-dvi
dwg	application/acad
dwg	image/vnd.dwg
dwg	image/x-dwg
dxf	application/dxf
dxf	image/vnd.dwg
dxf	image/x-dwg
dxr	application/x-director
exe	application/octet-stream
gif	image/gif
gz	application/x-compressed
gz	application/x-gzip
gzip	application/x-gzip
gzip	multipart/x-gzip
h	text/plain
h	text/x-h
hlp	application/hlp
hlp	application/x-helpfile
hlp	application/x-winhelp
htc	text/x-component
htm	text/html
html	text/html
htmls	text/html
htt	text/webviewhtml
ice	x-conference/x-cooltalk
ico	image/x-icon
inf	application/inf
jam	audio/x-jam
jav	text/plain
jav	text/x-java-source
java	text/plain
java	text/x-java-source
jcm	application/x-java-commerce
jfif	image/jpeg
jfif	image/pjpeg
jfif-tbnl	image/jpeg
jpe	image/jpeg
jpe	image/pjpeg
jpeg	image/jpeg
jpeg	image/pjpeg
jpg	image/jpeg
jpg	image/pjpeg
jps	image/x-jps
js	application/x-javascript
js	application/javascript
js	application/ecmascript
js	text/javascript
js	text/ecmascript
latex	application/x-latex
lha	application/lha
lha	application/octet-stream
lha	application/x-lha
lhx	application/octet-stream
list	text/plain
lsp	application/x-lisp
lsp	text/x-script.lisp
lst	text/plain
lzh	application/octet-stream
lzh	application/x-lzh
lzx	application/lzx
lzx	application/octet-stream
lzx	application/x-lzx
m3u	audio/x-mpequrl
man	application/x-troff-man
mid	application/x-midi
mid	audio/midi
mid	audio/x-mid
mid	audio/x-midi
mid	music/crescendo
mid	x-music/x-midi
midi	application/x-midi
midi	audio/midi
midi	audio/x-mid
midi	audio/x-midi
midi	music/crescendo
midi	x-music/x-midi
mod	audio/mod
mod	audio/x-mod
mov	video/quicktime
movie	video/x-sgi-movie
mp2	audio/mpeg
mp2	audio/x-mpeg
mp2	video/mpeg
mp2	video/x-mpeg
mp2	video/x-mpeq2a
mp3	audio/mpeg3
mp3	audio/x-mpeg-3
mp3	video/mpeg
mp3	video/x-mpeg
mp4	video/mp4
mpa	audio/mpeg
mpa	video/mpeg
mpeg	video/mpeg
mpg	audio/mpeg
mpg	video/mpeg
mpga	audio/mpeg
pas	text/pascal
pcl	application/vnd.hp-pcl
pcl	application/x-pcl
pct	image/x-pict
pcx	image/x-pcx
pdf	application/pdf
pic	image/pict
pict	image/pict
pl	text/plain
pl	text/x-script.perl
pm	image/x-xpixmap
pm	text/x-script.perl-module
pm4	application/x-pagemaker
pm5	application/x-pagemaker
png	image/png
pot	application/mspowerpoint
pot	application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
ppa	application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
pps	application/mspowerpoint
pps	application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
ppt	application/mspowerpoint
ppt	application/powerpoint
ppt	application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
ppt	application/x-mspowerpoint
ppz	application/mspowerpoint
ps	application/postscript
psd	application/octet-stream
pwz	application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
py	text/x-script.phyton
pyc	applicaiton/x-bytecode.python
qt	video/quicktime
qtif	image/x-quicktime
ra	audio/x-pn-realaudio
ra	audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
ra	audio/x-realaudio
ram	audio/x-pn-realaudio
rm	application/vnd.rn-realmedia
rm	audio/x-pn-realaudio
rpm	audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
rtf	application/rtf
rtf	application/x-rtf
rtf	text/richtext
rtx	application/rtf
rtx	text/richtext
rv	video/vnd.rn-realvideo
sgml	text/sgml
sgml	text/x-sgml
sh	application/x-bsh
sh	application/x-sh
sh	application/x-shar
sh	text/x-script.sh
shtml	text/html
shtml	text/x-server-parsed-html
ssi	text/x-server-parsed-html
tar	application/x-tar
tcl	application/x-tcl
tcl	text/x-script.tcl
text	application/plain
text	text/plain
tgz	application/gnutar
tgz	application/x-compressed
tif	image/tiff
tif	image/x-tiff
tiff	image/tiff
tiff	image/x-tiff
txt	text/plain
uri	text/uri-list
vcd	application/x-cdlink
vmd	application/vocaltec-media-desc
vrml	application/x-vrml
vrml	model/vrml
vrml	x-world/x-vrml
vsd	application/x-visio
vst	application/x-visio
vsw	application/x-visio
wav	audio/wav
wav	audio/x-wav
wmf	windows/metafile
xla	application/excel
xla	application/x-excel
xla	application/x-msexcel
xlb	application/excel
xlb	application/vnd.ms-excel
xlb	application/x-excel
xlc	application/excel
xlc	application/vnd.ms-excel
xlc	application/x-excel
xld	application/excel
xld	application/x-excel
xlk	application/excel
xlk	application/x-excel
xll	application/excel
xll	application/vnd.ms-excel
xll	application/x-excel
xlm	application/excel
xlm	application/vnd.ms-excel
xlm	application/x-excel
xls	application/excel
xls	application/vnd.ms-excel
xls	application/x-excel
xls	application/x-msexcel
xlt	application/excel
xlt	application/x-excel
xlv	application/excel
xlv	application/x-excel
xlw	application/excel
xlw	application/vnd.ms-excel
xlw	application/x-excel
xlw	application/x-msexcel
xm	audio/xm
xml	application/xml
xml	text/xml
z	application/x-compress
z	application/x-compressed
zip	application/x-compressed
zip	application/x-zip-compressed
zip	application/zip
zip	multipart/x-zip
zoo	application/octet-stream
zoo	application/x-zoo
zsh	text/x-scriptzsh