// mime type · text type

text/calendar

iCalendar · .ics

What text/calendar is

text/calendar is the iCalendar format (.ics) used to share events. Sending it with a download prompt lets a user add an event straight to their calendar app.

How it's used

You'll see this as a Content-Type value on requests and responses — for example Content-Type: text/calendar. It's the type associated with the .ics file extension. Text types are human-readable formats. On the web they're assumed to be UTF-8, and browsers can display them directly.

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