What is the correct JSON content type? What is the correct JSON content type? json json

What is the correct JSON content type?


json rest http-headers mime-types content-type

For JSON text:

application/json

The MIME media type for JSON text is application/json. The default encoding is UTF-8. (Source: RFC 4627)

For JSONP (runnable JavaScript) with callback:

application/javascript

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json rest http-headers mime-types content-type

IANA has registered the official MIME Type for JSON as application/json.

When asked about why not text/json, Crockford seems to have said JSON is not really JavaScript nor text and also IANA was more likely to hand out application/* than text/*.

More resources:

json rest http-headers mime-types content-type

For JSON:

Content-Type: application/json

For JSON-P:

Content-Type: application/javascript

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