ApplicationText-based

`application/xml`

XML

Reference for application/xml, the MIME type for XML documents used in SOAP services, configuration, and structured document markup.

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Expected extensions: .xml

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

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

Associated File Extensions

.xml

Quick Facts

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

Common Usage

XML is used for SOAP web services, RSS/Atom feeds, SVG images, Maven/Gradle build files, Android layouts, Microsoft Office formats (internally), and many enterprise integration protocols like XMPP and SAML.

Code Examples

HTML

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

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

Node.js

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

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

nginx

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

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