ApplicationBinary

`application/gzip`

Gzip

Reference for application/gzip, the MIME type for gzip-compressed data commonly used in HTTP compression and Linux archives.

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Expected extensions: .gz, .gzip

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: application/gzip

Associated File Extensions

.gz.gzip

Quick Facts

MIME Type	application/gzip
Category	Application
Type	Binary
Extensions	.gz, .gzip

Common Usage

Gzip is the standard compression for HTTP content encoding, making web pages load faster. It is also used for compressing log files, creating .tar.gz archives on Unix systems, and serving compressed static assets from CDNs and web servers.

Code Examples

HTML

<!-- Link or embed with explicit type -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file.gz" type="application/gzip">

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="application/gzip" src="file.gz"></script>

Node.js

// Express.js
app.get('/file', (req, res) => {
  res.type('application/gzip');
  res.send(data);
});

// Node.js http
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/gzip' });

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    application/gzip  gz gzip;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type application/gzip;
}