A lots of time we required MIME content-types of certain types of files e.g. if
we are writing a pdf type response from a asp.net web application then we need the
MIME content-types of pdf document. The following is the list of MIME content-types
of commonly used along with their file extension.
|
MIME type/subtype
|
File Extensions |
|
application/andrew-inset
|
ez |
|
application/mac-binhex40
|
hqx |
|
application/mac-compactpro
|
cpt |
|
application/mathml+xml
|
mathml |
|
application/msword
|
doc |
|
application/octet-stream
|
bin dms lha lzh exe class so dll |
|
application/oda
|
oda |
|
application/ogg
|
ogg |
|
application/pdf
|
pdf |
|
application/postscript
|
ai eps ps |
|
application/rdf+xml
|
rdf |
|
application/smil
|
smi smil |
|
application/srgs
|
gram |
|
application/srgs+xml
|
grxml |
|
application/vnd.mif
|
mif |
|
application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml
|
xul |
|
application/vnd.ms-excel
|
xls |
|
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
|
ppt |
|
application/vnd.wap.wbxml
|
wbxml |
|
application/vnd.wap.wmlc
|
.wmlc wmlc |
|
application/vnd.wap.wmlscriptc
|
.wmlsc wmlsc |
|
application/voicexml+xml
|
vxml |
|
application/x-bcpio
|
bcpio |
|
application/x-cdlink
|
vcd |
|
application/x-chess-pgn
|
pgn |
|
application/x-cpio
|
cpio |
|
application/x-csh
|
csh |
|
application/x-director
|
dcr dir dxr |
|
application/x-dvi
|
dvi |
|
application/x-futuresplash
|
spl |
|
application/x-gtar
|
gtar |
|
application/x-hdf
|
hdf |
|
application/x-httpd-php
|
.php .php4 .php3 .phtml |
|
application/x-httpd-php-source
|
.phps |
|
application/x-javascript
|
js |
|
application/x-koan
|
skp skd skt skm |
|
application/x-latex
|
latex |
|
application/x-netcdf
|
nc cdf |
|
application/x-pkcs7-crl
|
.crl |
|
application/x-sh
|
sh |
|
application/x-shar
|
shar |
|
application/x-shockwave-flash
|
swf |
|
application/x-stuffit
|
sit |
|
application/x-sv4cpio
|
sv4cpio |
|
application/x-sv4crc
|
sv4crc |
|
application/x-tar
|
.tgz tar |
|
application/x-tcl
|
tcl |
|
application/x-tex
|
tex |
|
application/x-texinfo
|
texinfo texi |
|
application/x-troff
|
t tr roff |
|
application/x-troff-man
|
man |
|
application/x-troff-me
|
me |
|
application/x-troff-ms
|
ms |
|
application/x-ustar
|
ustar |
|
application/x-wais-source
|
src |
|
application/x-x509-ca-cert
|
.crt |
|
application/xhtml+xml
|
xhtml xht |
|
application/xml
|
xml xsl |
|
application/xml-dtd
|
dtd |
|
application/xslt+xml
|
xslt |
|
application/zip
|
zip |
|
audio/basic
|
au snd |
|
audio/midi
|
mid midi kar |
|
audio/mpeg
|
mpga mp2 mp3 |
|
audio/x-aiff
|
aif aiff aifc |
|
audio/x-mpegurl
|
m3u |
|
audio/x-pn-realaudio
|
ram rm |
|
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
|
rpm |
|
audio/x-realaudio
|
ra |
|
audio/x-wav
|
wav |
|
chemical/x-pdb
|
pdb |
|
chemical/x-xyz
|
xyz |
|
image/bmp
|
bmp |
|
image/cgm
|
cgm |
|
image/gif
|
gif |
|
image/ief
|
ief |
|
image/jpeg
|
jpeg jpg jpe |
|
image/png
|
png |
|
image/svg+xml
|
svg |
|
image/tiff
|
tiff tif |
|
image/vnd.djvu
|
djvu djv |
|
image/vnd.wap.wbmp
|
.wbmp wbmp |
|
image/x-cmu-raster
|
ras |
|
image/x-icon
|
ico |
|
image/x-portable-anymap
|
pnm |
|
image/x-portable-bitmap
|
pbm |
|
image/x-portable-graymap
|
pgm |
|
image/x-portable-pixmap
|
ppm |
|
image/x-rgb
|
rgb |
|
image/x-xbitmap
|
xbm |
|
image/x-xpixmap
|
xpm |
|
image/x-xwindowdump
|
xwd |
|
model/iges
|
igs iges |
|
model/mesh
|
msh mesh silo |
|
model/vrml
|
wrl vrml |
|
text/calendar
|
ics ifb |
|
text/css
|
css |
|
text/html
|
.shtml html htm |
|
text/plain
|
asc txt |
|
text/richtext
|
rtx |
|
text/rtf
|
rtf |
|
text/sgml
|
sgml sgm |
|
text/tab-separated-values
|
tsv |
|
text/vnd.wap.wml
|
.wml wml |
|
text/vnd.wap.wmlscript
|
.wmls wmls |
|
text/x-setext
|
etx |
|
video/mpeg
|
mpeg mpg mpe |
|
video/quicktime
|
qt mov |
|
video/vnd.mpegurl
|
mxu |
|
video/x-msvideo
|
avi |
|
video/x-sgi-movie
|
movie |
|
x-conference/x-cooltalk
|
ice |