I've seen application/csv used and also text/csv.
Is there a difference? Does it matter which as long as the request matches something that's available? Are they interchangeable?
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My users are allowed to upload CSV files and text/csv and application/csv did not appear by now. These are the ones identified through finfo():
text/plain
text/x-csv
And these are the ones transmitted through the browser:
text/plain
application/vnd.ms-excel
text/x-csv
The following types did not appear, but could:
application/csv
application/x-csv
text/csv
text/comma-separated-values
text/x-comma-separated-values
text/tab-separated-values
For anyone struggling with Google API mimeType for *.csv files. I have found the list of MIME types for google api docs files (look at snipped result)
<table border="1"><thead><tr><th>Google Doc Format</th><th>Conversion Format</th><th>Corresponding MIME type</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Documents</td><td>HTML</td><td>text/html</td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td></td><td>HTML (zipped)</td><td>application/zip</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Plain text</td><td>text/plain</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Rich text</td><td>application/rtf</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Open Office doc</td><td>application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDF</td><td>application/pdf</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MS Word document</td><td>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>EPUB</td><td>application/epub+zip</td></tr><tr><td>Spreadsheets</td><td>MS Excel</td><td>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Open Office sheet</td><td>application/x-vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDF</td><td>application/pdf</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CSV (first sheet only)</td><td>text/csv</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TSV (first sheet only)</td><td>text/tab-separated-values</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>HTML (zipped)</td><td>application/zip</td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td>Drawings</td><td>JPEG</td><td>image/jpeg</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PNG</td><td>image/png</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SVG</td><td>image/svg+xml</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDF</td><td>application/pdf</td></tr><tr><td>Presentations</td><td>MS PowerPoint</td><td>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Open Office presentation</td><td>application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation</td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDF</td><td>application/pdf</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Plain text</td><td>text/plain</td></tr><tr><td>Apps Scripts</td><td>JSON</td><td>application/vnd.google-apps.script+json</td></tr></tbody></table>Source here: https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/web/manage-downloads#downloading_google_documents the table under: "Google Doc formats and supported export MIME types map to each other as follows"
There is also another list
<table border="1"><thead><tr><th>MIME Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>audio</span></code></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>document</span></code></td><td>Google Docs</td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>drawing</span></code></td><td>Google Drawing</td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>file</span></code></td><td>Google Drive file</td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>folder</span></code></td><td>Google Drive folder</td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>form</span></code></td><td>Google Forms</td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>fusiontable</span></code></td><td>Google Fusion Tables</td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>map</span></code></td><td>Google My Maps</td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>photo</span></code></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>presentation</span></code></td><td>Google Slides</td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>script</span></code></td><td>Google Apps Scripts</td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>site</span></code></td><td>Google Sites</td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>spreadsheet</span></code></td><td>Google Sheets</td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>unknown</span></code></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>video</span></code></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code><span>application/vnd.<wbr>google-apps.<wbr>drive-sdk</span></code></td><td>3rd party shortcut</td></tr></tbody></table>Source here: https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/web/mime-types
But the first one was more helpful for my use case..
Happy coding ;)
Strange behavior with MS Excel:
If i export to "text based, comma-separated format (csv)" this is the mime-type I get after uploading on my webserver:
[name] => data.csv
[type] => application/vnd.ms-excel
So Microsoft seems to be doing own things again, regardless of existing standards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values
You should use "text/csv" according to RFC 4180.
Source: Stackoverflow.com