ApplicationText-based

`application/rtf`

Rich Text Format

Reference for application/rtf, the MIME type for Rich Text Format documents with cross-platform text formatting support.

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Expected extensions: .rtf

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: application/rtf; charset=utf-8

Associated File Extensions

.rtf

Quick Facts

MIME Type	application/rtf
Category	Application
Type	Text-based (human-readable)
Extensions	.rtf

Common Usage

RTF is a document format that supports text formatting (bold, italic, fonts, colors) while remaining readable by virtually all word processors. It is used as an interchange format between word processors, for clipboard data, and in legal and medical document workflows.

Code Examples

HTML

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

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

Node.js

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

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

nginx

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

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