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contentType property (document, XMLDocument)

Browser support:

Sets or retrieves the MIME type of the current document.

This property returns the type of the contents specified in the HTTP entity-header, it is completely independent of the content-type specified in the head section with a meta element.

In Internet Explorer, the mimeType property provides similar functionality.

Syntax:

object.contentType;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

This property is read-only.

Possible values:

String that contains the MIME type.

Default: this property has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the contentType property:

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function GetContentType () {
            if ('contentType' in document) {
                alert (document.contentType);
            } else {
                alert ("Your browser does not support the document.contentType property!");
            }
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <button onclick="GetContentType ();">Get the MIME type of the current document!</button>
</body>