I am sending a zip file to server via HTTPREQUEST. What should be the Content-Type HTTP header value for this kind of file?
The file is a ZIP archive that contains images on type PNG.
Thanks
Best Answer
.zip application/zip, application/octet-streamThe standard MIME type for ZIP files is application/zip. The types for the files inside the ZIP does not matter for the MIME type.
As always, it ultimately depends on your server setup.
[request setValue:@"application/zip" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];If you want the MIME type for a file, you can use the following code:
- (NSString *)mimeTypeForPath:(NSString *)path{// get a mime type for an extension using MobileCoreServices.frameworkCFStringRef extension = (__bridge CFStringRef)[path pathExtension];CFStringRef UTI = UTTypeCreatePreferredIdentifierForTag(kUTTagClassFilenameExtension, extension, NULL);assert(UTI != NULL);NSString *mimetype = CFBridgingRelease(UTTypeCopyPreferredTagWithClass(UTI, kUTTagClassMIMEType));assert(mimetype != NULL);CFRelease(UTI);return mimetype;}In the case of a ZIP file, this will return application/zip.