Search and inspect official IANA MIME types (Media Types), file extensions, and HTTP Content-Type headers for web servers and REST APIs.
JavaScript Object Notation format used for REST API data exchange.
types { application/json json; }res.type('json');A MIME type consists of a top-level media type and a specific subtype separated by a forward slash (/):
$$\text{Content-Type: } \underbrace{\text{type}}_{\text{Top-Level}} / \underbrace{\text{subtype}}_{\text{Format}} \; [; \; \text{charset=utf-8}]$$
application/: Binary data, documents, or structured formats (application/json, application/pdf, application/javascript, application/wasm).text/: Human-readable text documents (text/html, text/css, text/csv, text/plain).image/: Raster and vector image formats (image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, image/svg+xml, image/avif).audio/ & video/: Streaming multimedia media formats (audio/mpeg, video/mp4, video/webm).multipart/: Multi-part HTTP request payloads (multipart/form-data for file uploads).X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff forces browsers to respect the server's declared Content-Type, preventing malicious executable script execution disguised as image files.mime.types), and Cloudflare headers.Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 response headers..json, .png, .wasm) or media type keyword into the search bar.Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8)..webp), category, or MIME type string.charset=utf-8 attributes.Scenario: Configuring web server headers for modern WebP and AVIF images.
Search: 'webp'
Extension: .webp | MIME Type: image/webp | Header: Content-Type: image/webp
Identifies the official IANA image format media type.
Scenario: Setting the standard Content-Type for a REST API response.
Search: 'json'
Extension: .json | MIME Type: application/json | Header: Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Provides the standard JSON application media type.