Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide
application/vnd.rar
Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .RAR files (Roshal ARchive).
File Extension
.rar
Content-Type Header
application/vnd.rar
Format Category
Archives
Standard Specification
IANA Registered Standard
Description & Usage
Proprietary compressed archive format featuring recovery record blocks.
HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code
# Nginx mime.types configuration for .rar
types {
application/vnd.rar rar;
}OS Compatibility Matrix
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The official MIME content type for .rar files is "application/vnd.rar". Web servers use this header to instruct browsers how to render or process .rar data.