Export MIME types for Google Workspace documents

The following table shows how Google Workspace documents map to export MIME types :

Document Type Format MIME Type File Extension
Documents
Microsoft Word application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document .docx
OpenDocument application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text .odt
Rich Text application/rtf .rtf
PDF application/pdf .pdf
Plain Text text/plain .txt
Web Page (HTML) application/zip .zip
EPUB application/epub+zip .epub
Markdown text/markdown .md
Spreadsheets
Microsoft Excel application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet .xlsx
OpenDocument application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet .ods
PDF application/pdf .pdf
Web Page (HTML) application/zip .zip
Comma Separated Values (first-sheet only) text/csv .csv
Tab Separated Values (first-sheet only) text/tab-separated-values .tsv
Presentations
Microsoft PowerPoint application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation .pptx
ODP application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation .odp
PDF application/pdf .pdf
Plain Text text/plain .txt
JPEG (first-slide only) image/jpeg .jpg
PNG (first-slide only) image/png .png
Scalable Vector Graphics (first-slide only) image/svg+xml .svg
Drawings
PDF application/pdf .pdf
JPEG image/jpeg .jpg
PNG image/png .png
Scalable Vector Graphics image/svg+xml .svg
Apps Script
JSON application/vnd.google-apps.script+json .json
Google Vids
MP4 video/mp4 .mp4

To view a list of all system supported export formats for a user, use the get method on the about resource with the fields parameter set to exportFormats .

You can also export Google Workspace documents using Google Apps Script. For more information on supported formats when exporting content in Apps Script, see the reference documentation for Google Docs , Google Sheets , and Google Slides .

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