returns lists of file formats corresponding to all registered MIME types.
MIMETypeToFormatList[mime]
returns a list of file formats that matches the MIME type mime.


MIMETypeToFormatList
Listing of Formats »returns lists of file formats corresponding to all registered MIME types.
MIMETypeToFormatList[mime]
returns a list of file formats that matches the MIME type mime.
Details

- MIMETypeToFormatList returns a list of file formats that matches the MIME type.
- MIMETypeToFormatList returns a list of all formats {"fmt1",…} in the order that they are considered to be used as the format for the file given in the specified pattern.
- MIME types specify the type of content when sending and receiving data over the internet.
- MIME types are typically given in the form type/subtype, such as image/gif or text/csv.
See Also
Export FileFormatProperties SetFileFormatProperties FileNameToFormatList FileFormat FileFormatQ
Front End Tokens: Import
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2021), MIMETypeToFormatList, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MIMETypeToFormatList.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2021. "MIMETypeToFormatList." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MIMETypeToFormatList.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2021). MIMETypeToFormatList. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MIMETypeToFormatList.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_mimetypetoformatlist, author="Wolfram Research", title="{MIMETypeToFormatList}", year="2021", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MIMETypeToFormatList.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_mimetypetoformatlist, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={MIMETypeToFormatList}, year={2021}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MIMETypeToFormatList.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}