TextText-based

`text/html`

HTML

Reference for text/html, the MIME type for HTML documents that form the foundation of every web page on the internet.

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Expected extensions: .html, .htm

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Associated File Extensions

.html.htm

Quick Facts

MIME Type	text/html
Category	Text
Type	Text-based (human-readable)
Extensions	.html, .htm

Common Usage

HTML is the standard markup language for web pages. Every website serves HTML as the primary document type.

It structures content with semantic elements, links to CSS for styling and JavaScript for interactivity. Browsers require the text/html MIME type to render pages correctly.

Code Examples

HTML

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

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

Node.js

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

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

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    text/html  html htm;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type text/html;
}