ImageBinary

`image/tiff`

TIFF

Reference for image/tiff, the flexible high-quality image format used in photography, publishing, and medical imaging.

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Expected extensions: .tiff, .tif

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: image/tiff

Associated File Extensions

.tiff.tif

Quick Facts

MIME Type	image/tiff
Category	Image
Type	Binary
Extensions	.tiff, .tif

Common Usage

TIFF supports lossless compression, multiple pages, layers, and high bit depths. It is the standard format for professional photography, print publishing, medical imaging (alongside DICOM), GIS satellite imagery, and archival document scanning.

Code Examples

HTML

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

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

Node.js

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

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

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    image/tiff  tiff tif;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type image/tiff;
}