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application/x-www-form-urlencoded

application/x-www-form-urlencoded is a application media type.

applicationCompressibleContent-Type

Quick facts

MIME typeapplication/x-www-form-urlencoded

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CompressibleYes

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What is application/x-www-form-urlencoded

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

application/x-www-form-urlencoded is one of the application media types used on the internet, and it is safe to compress for transport. When serving this content over HTTP, set the Content-Type header in the response, for example:

Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Relation chain

…served as

mime type

application/x-www-form-urlencodedsent via header

http header

Content-Type

Related MIME types

application/1d-interleaved-parityfec application/3gpdash-qoe-report+xml application/3gpp-ims+xml application/3gpp-mbs-object-manifest+json

Used with

application/x-www-form-urlencoded is identified in HTTP by the Content-Type header and is commonly used with these methods:

Related headers

Related methods

Frequently asked questions

What is application/x-www-form-urlencoded?

application/x-www-form-urlencoded is a application media type used to identify a content format; servers announce it to clients with the Content-Type header.

Which file extensions use application/x-www-form-urlencoded?

Extensions such as none registered are associated with this MIME type.

How do I set the Content-Type for application/x-www-form-urlencoded?

Send Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded in the HTTP response.

Sources & standards

Updated 2026-08-18

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