MIME Type Picker
Picks one of fifteen common MIME type strings — for documentation, testing content-type handling, or quick syntax reference.
What this generator does
Draws a common MIME type string. The type and subtype are structured rather than arbitrary — the part before the slash is a broad category and the part after identifies the format — and a real Content-Type header often adds a parameter such as a character set, which none of the fifteen here carries and which is where encoding bugs usually originate.
What you'll get
This generator draws from a hand-checked list of 15 entries. Here is a spread of 6 of them, so you can see the style before you generate:
- application/json
- application/xml
- text/csv
- image/jpeg
- audio/mpeg
- application/octet-stream
A fixed sample of the list, not a live draw — your own results are picked at random from all 15, without repeating until the list runs out. Original authoring for Generate Random.. Last reviewed 2026-07-19.
How to use this tool
- Press generate for a random MIME type.
Worked examples
- One of the fifteen types
- application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Common use cases
- Testing content-type/MIME handling
- Documentation examples
- Quick reference for common types
Limitations and good to know
- Fifteen types only, all common ones — obscure or vendor-specific MIME types are not in the list.
- No parameters such as charset or boundary are appended; several real-world content-type headers carry one.
Practical tips
- Always send a charset with a text type. A text response without one is interpreted differently by different clients, which is the most common source of mojibake in a working system.
Entries are chosen with your browser's cryptographic random number generator, so every entry on the list is equally likely. How Generate Random works.