ApplicationBinary

`application/x-7z-compressed`

7-Zip

Reference for application/x-7z-compressed, the MIME type for 7-Zip archives offering high compression ratios with LZMA/LZMA2.

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Expected extensions: .7z

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: application/x-7z-compressed

Associated File Extensions

.7z

Quick Facts

MIME Type	application/x-7z-compressed
Category	Application
Type	Binary
Extensions	.7z

Common Usage

7-Zip provides some of the highest compression ratios available for general-purpose archiving. It is widely used for distributing large software packages, game mods, and backup archives where minimizing file size is more important than extraction speed.

Code Examples

HTML

<!-- Link or embed with explicit type -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file.7z" type="application/x-7z-compressed">

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="application/x-7z-compressed" src="file.7z"></script>

Node.js

// Express.js
app.get('/file', (req, res) => {
  res.type('application/x-7z-compressed');
  res.send(data);
});

// Node.js http
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-7z-compressed' });

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    application/x-7z-compressed  7z;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type application/x-7z-compressed;
}