ApplicationBinary

`application/zip`

ZIP Archive

Reference for application/zip, the MIME type for ZIP compressed archives used for bundling and distributing multiple files.

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Expected extensions: .zip

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: application/zip

Associated File Extensions

.zip

Quick Facts

MIME Type	application/zip
Category	Application
Type	Binary
Extensions	.zip

Common Usage

ZIP is the most widely supported archive format across all operating systems. It is used for software distribution, email attachments, backup archives, EPUB ebooks (which are ZIP files internally), and Office Open XML documents (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx).

Code Examples

HTML

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

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

Node.js

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

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

nginx

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

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