What are the Google Apps MIME Types in Google Docs and Google Drive?

Question

What are the MIME types for each of the following file extensions:

• gdoc
• gslide
• gsheet
• gdraw

Answer 1

For those of you trying to create a new editable Google Document, try with the following

DocumentApp.create("My new GDoc");

Answer 2

This is my List of MimeTypes

     "application/vnd.google-apps.audio"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.document"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.drawing"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.file"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.folder"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.form"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.fusiontable"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.photo"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.presentation"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.sites"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.unknown"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.video"
     "application/pdf"
     "application/msword"
     "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document"
     "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12"
     "application/vnd.ms-excel"
     "image/jpeg"
     "audio/mpeg"
     "video/mpeg"
     "application/zip"
     "text/plain"
     "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"
     "application/vnd.android.package-archive"
     "application/vnd.google-apps.kix"

Answer 3

Google Docs:

application/vnd.google-apps.document
application/vnd.google-apps.kix

Google Presentations:

application/vnd.google-apps.presentation

Google Spreadsheets:

application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet

Google Drawing:

application/vnd.google-apps.drawing

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Here is a long list of Google Docs and Google Drive MIME types (it is not exhaustive):

application/vnd.google-apps.audio

application/vnd.google-apps.document

application/vnd.google-apps.drawing

application/vnd.google-apps.file

application/vnd.google-apps.folder

application/vnd.google-apps.form

application/vnd.google-apps.fusiontable

application/vnd.google-apps.kix

application/vnd.google-apps.photo

application/vnd.google-apps.presentation

application/vnd.google-apps.script

application/vnd.google-apps.sites

application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet

application/vnd.google-apps.unknown

application/vnd.google-apps.video

Answer 4

(Jul 2016) The answer by @Ali still stands today, answering the OP question of what are the specific MIMEtypes of the G Suite/Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.) files.

However in the case of the Google Drive API, it's also important to clarify/organize the various supported MIME types that are used for importing files when uploading to Drive, i.e., plain text [or Word] files to Google Docs, as well as exporting G Suite editor files when downloading from Drive, i.e., Sheets files as CSV.

• Drive import MIMEtypes
  • Chart of common import conversions & examples
• Drive export MIMEtypes