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Is there a MIME type for Python wheels (.whl)?

Is there a (de facto) standard MIME type to use for Python wheel packages? I couldn't see any in PEP 427.

I suppose application/zip could be an option, but that seems misleading to me.

Solution

  • There is not. However, we can artificially construct one of the following:

    • application/x-wheel+zip
    • application/x-pywheel+zip