From what I have read, MIME is something that is used for encoding e-mails .
Then there's this thing called Internet media types .
We have Internet media types like text/plain
, application/json
, image/png
etc.
Then we have HTTP protocol with its Content-Type
headers, examples of valid headers include:
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=blah
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=blah
( source )
So is string such as " text/plain; charset=utf-8
" an expression bound to HTTP protocol, MIME standard or a completely valid Internet media type?
What exactly are the relations between each of these protocols?
"Internet Media Type" is the correct term for "MIME type".
"Content-Type" is the name of the HTTP (and mail) header field that carries the media type in the field value.
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