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<h3 id='res.type'>res.type(type)</h3>

Sets the Content-Type HTTP header to the MIME type as determined by the specified type. If type contains the "/" character, then it sets the Content-Type to the exact value of type, otherwise it is assumed to be a file extension and the MIME type is looked up in a mapping using the express.static.mime.lookup() method.

js
res.type('.html')
// => 'text/html'
res.type('html')
// => 'text/html'
res.type('json')
// => 'application/json'
res.type('application/json')
// => 'application/json'
res.type('png')
// => 'image/png'

Aliased as res.contentType(type).