what do you mean by mime type?

[surveypacific]

What is a “MIME type”, what does it consist of, and what is it used for? can anyone pls provide with example?

[pritaeas]

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]

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]

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]

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.