TextText-based

`text/markdown`

Markdown

Reference for text/markdown, the MIME type for Markdown formatted text used in documentation, README files, and content.

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Expected extensions: .md, .markdown, .mkd

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

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

Associated File Extensions

.md.markdown.mkd

Quick Facts

MIME Type	text/markdown
Category	Text
Type	Text-based (human-readable)
Extensions	.md, .markdown, .mkd

Common Usage

Markdown is a lightweight markup language for creating formatted text using a plain text editor. It is used for README files, documentation, blog posts, GitHub comments, Jupyter notebooks, and content management systems.

Markdown renders to HTML for web display.

Code Examples

HTML

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

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

Node.js

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

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

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    text/markdown  md markdown mkd;
}

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