What are all the possible values for HTTP “Content-Type” header?

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You can find every content type here:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml

The most common type are:

  1. Type application 

    application/java-archive
application/EDI-X12   
application/EDIFACT   
application/javascript   
application/octet-stream   
application/ogg   
application/pdf  
application/xhtml+xml   
application/x-shockwave-flash    
application/json  
application/ld+json  
application/xml   
application/zip  
application/x-www-form-urlencoded

  2. Type audio 

    audio/mpeg   
audio/x-ms-wma   
audio/vnd.rn-realaudio   
audio/x-wav

  3. Type image

    image/gif   
image/jpeg   
image/png   
image/tiff    
image/vnd.microsoft.icon    
image/x-icon   
image/vnd.djvu   
image/svg+xml

  4. Type multipart 

    multipart/mixed    
multipart/alternative   
multipart/related (using by MHTML (HTML mail).)  
multipart/form-data

  5. Type text 

    text/css    
text/csv    
text/html    
text/javascript (obsolete)    
text/plain    
text/xml

  6. Type video 

    video/mpeg    
video/mp4    
video/quicktime    
video/x-ms-wmv    
video/x-msvideo    
video/x-flv   
video/webm

  7. Type vnd : 

    application/vnd.android.package-archive
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text    
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet  
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation   
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics   
application/vnd.ms-excel    
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet   
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint    
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation    
application/msword   
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document   
application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml

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