TextText-based

`text/tab-separated-values`

TSV

Reference for text/tab-separated-values, the MIME type for tab-delimited data files used as an alternative to CSV.

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Expected extensions: .tsv, .tab

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: text/tab-separated-values; charset=utf-8

Associated File Extensions

.tsv.tab

Quick Facts

MIME Type	text/tab-separated-values
Category	Text
Type	Text-based (human-readable)
Extensions	.tsv, .tab

Common Usage

TSV uses tab characters to separate values instead of commas, avoiding ambiguity when data contains commas. It is commonly used in bioinformatics, linguistics corpora, spreadsheet applications, and data exports from databases and analytics tools.

Code Examples

HTML

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

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="text/tab-separated-values" src="file.tsv"></script>

Node.js

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

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

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    text/tab-separated-values  tsv tab;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type text/tab-separated-values;
}