What are all the possible values for HTTP “Content-Type” header?

You can find every content type here: http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml

The most common type are:

  1. Type applicationapplication/java-archive application/EDI-X12 application/EDIFACT application/javascript application/octet-stream application/ogg application/pdf application/xhtml+xml application/x-shockwave-flash application/json application/ld+json application/xml application/zip application/x-www-form-urlencoded
  2. Type audioaudio/mpeg audio/x-ms-wma audio/vnd.rn-realaudio audio/x-wav
  3. Type imageimage/gif image/jpeg image/png image/tiff image/vnd.microsoft.icon image/x-icon image/vnd.djvu image/svg+xml
  4. Type multipartmultipart/mixed multipart/alternative multipart/related (using by MHTML (HTML mail).) multipart/form-data
  5. Type texttext/css text/csv text/html text/javascript (obsolete) text/plain text/xml
  6. Type videovideo/mpeg video/mp4 video/quicktime video/x-ms-wmv video/x-msvideo video/x-flv video/webm
  7. Type vnd :application/vnd.android.package-archive application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics application/vnd.ms-excel application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet application/vnd.ms-powerpoint application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation application/msword application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml

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