Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide
application/pdf
Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .PDF files (Portable Document Format).
File Extension.pdf
Content-Type Header
application/pdf
Format Category
Documents
Standard Specification
RFC 8118 / ISO 32000-2
Description & Usage
Adobe resolution-independent document container format.
HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code
# Nginx mime.types configuration for .pdf
types {
application/pdf pdf;
}OS Compatibility Matrix
Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
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The official MIME content type for .pdf files is "application/pdf". Web servers use this header to instruct browsers how to render or process .pdf data.