ImageText-based

`image/x-portable-pixmap`

PPM (Portable Pixmap)

Reference for image/x-portable-pixmap, the MIME type for PPM color images in the Netpbm family.

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Expected extensions: .ppm

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: image/x-portable-pixmap; charset=utf-8

Associated File Extensions

.ppm

Quick Facts

MIME Type	image/x-portable-pixmap
Category	Image
Type	Text-based (human-readable)
Extensions	.ppm

Common Usage

PPM stores color images in a simple text or binary format with RGB pixels. It is used in image processing research, as an intermediate format in conversion pipelines, and for programmatic image generation where simplicity matters more than file size.

Code Examples

HTML

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

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="image/x-portable-pixmap" src="file.ppm"></script>

Node.js

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

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

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    image/x-portable-pixmap  ppm;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type image/x-portable-pixmap;
}