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.
List of MIME content-types and 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 | |
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 |