Which MIME type to use for a binary file that’s specific to my program?

I’d recommend application/octet-stream as RFC2046 says “The “octet-stream” subtype is used to indicate that a body contains arbitrary binary data” and “The recommended action for an implementation that receives an “application/octet-stream” entity is to simply offer to put the data in a file[…]”. I think that way you will get better handling from arbitrary programs, … Read more

What are the Google Apps MIME Types in Google Docs and Google Drive?

Google Docs: application/vnd.google-apps.document application/vnd.google-apps.kix Google Presentations: application/vnd.google-apps.presentation Google Spreadsheets: application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet Google Drawing: application/vnd.google-apps.drawing See here for more information. Here is a long list of Google Docs and Google Drive MIME types (it is not exhaustive): application/vnd.google-apps.audio application/vnd.google-apps.document application/vnd.google-apps.drawing application/vnd.google-apps.file application/vnd.google-apps.folder application/vnd.google-apps.form application/vnd.google-apps.fusiontable application/vnd.google-apps.kix application/vnd.google-apps.photo application/vnd.google-apps.presentation application/vnd.google-apps.script application/vnd.google-apps.sites application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet application/vnd.google-apps.unknown application/vnd.google-apps.video