What is a “MIME type”, what does it consist of, and what is it used for? can anyone pls provide with example?
surveypacific 11 Newbie Poster
pritaeas 2,194 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Moderator Featured Poster
See here the official spec:
https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml
Basically it defines what kind of information you are transmitting.
Dani 4,329 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
In the context of web development, how did you come across it? What are you trying to do that makes you think you need to work with it?
twexpresscars 0 Newbie Poster Banned
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
A media type (also known as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions or MIME type) is a standard that indicates the nature and format of a document, file, or assortment of bytes. It is defined and standardized in IETF's RFC 6838.
JeanMilburn 15 Newbie Poster
A media type (also known as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions or MIME type) is a standard that indicates the nature and format of a document, file, or assortment of bytes.
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