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multipart/form-data

Form submission with file uploads

What multipart/form-data is

multipart/form-data encodes a form submission as multiple parts, each with its own headers — the type you must use when a form uploads files. The browser sets it automatically (with a boundary) when a form has enctype="multipart/form-data".

How it's used

You'll see this as a Content-Type value on requests and responses — for example Content-Type: multipart/form-data. Font types identify web font formats loaded via @font-face; multipart types bundle several parts in one request body.

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