TextText-based

`text/x-go`

Go Source

Reference for text/x-go, the MIME type for Go (Golang) programming language source code files.

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Expected extensions: .go

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: text/x-go; charset=utf-8

Associated File Extensions

.go

Quick Facts

MIME Type	text/x-go
Category	Text
Type	Text-based (human-readable)
Extensions	.go

Common Usage

Go source files are used for cloud infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform), web servers, CLI tools, microservices, and network programming. Go's simplicity, fast compilation, and excellent concurrency support make it the language of choice for DevOps and backend tooling.

Code Examples

HTML

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

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

Node.js

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

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

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    text/x-go  go;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type text/x-go;
}