Category: Application

application/xml

application/xml is used for XML documents, SOAP APIs, RSS/Atom feeds, and XML sitemaps.

MIME / CONTENT-TYPE

application/xml

ASSOCIATED EXTENSIONS

.xml

PRIMARY CATEGORY

Application

HTTP Headers & Web Server Configurations

Standard HTTP Response Header

Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8

Send this exact header in HTTP responses to instruct browsers how to decode and render the payload.

Node.js / Express / Web API

res.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/xml; charset=utf-8");
res.send("<response><status>ok</status></response>");

NGINX Configuration (mime.types)

types {
    application/xml xml;
}

Apache (.htaccess / httpd.conf)

AddType application/xml .xml

CRITICAL: Disable external entity resolution (XXE protection) in your XML parser to prevent arbitrary local file disclosure and SSRF attacks.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions regarding MIME types, Content-Type headers, and web server configurations.

The standard HTTP response header is: "Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8".