TextText-based

`text/x-ruby`

Ruby Source

Reference for text/x-ruby, the MIME type for Ruby programming language source code files.

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Expected extensions: .rb, .rake

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

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

Associated File Extensions

.rb.rake

Quick Facts

MIME Type	text/x-ruby
Category	Text
Type	Text-based (human-readable)
Extensions	.rb, .rake

Common Usage

Ruby source files power web applications (Ruby on Rails), automation (Chef, Vagrant), scripting, and DevOps tooling. Ruby on Rails popularized the MVC web framework pattern and conventions like REST and convention over configuration.

Code Examples

HTML

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

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

Node.js

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

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

nginx

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

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