TextText-based

`text/x-scss`

SCSS

Reference for text/x-scss, the MIME type for SCSS (Sassy CSS) stylesheet files with variables, nesting, and mixins.

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Expected extensions: .scss

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

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

Associated File Extensions

.scss

Quick Facts

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

Common Usage

SCSS extends CSS with variables, nesting, mixins, functions, and modular imports. It compiles to standard CSS.

SCSS is widely used in large web projects, design systems, and UI component libraries for maintainable, DRY stylesheets.

Code Examples

HTML

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

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

Node.js

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

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

nginx

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

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