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Supported file extensions
All files that are uploaded in Openlearning needs to adhere to a mime type and extension whitelist which excludes any executable file types (binaries, scripts, etc.) which could execute malware when downloaded and executed on a user’s computer.
This affects uploads that are done through any of our widgets within the platform, including Text Widget, File Widget, HTML (xAPI) widget, Video widgets.
Here are the current file extensions that are whitelisted in our platform that will be updated accordingly whenever a new file extension is added to the list:
MEDIA_WHITELIST
| File Type | Mime | Extensions |
| Adobe EPS | application/postscript | eps |
| Adobe Illustrator | application/postscript | ai |
| Adobe InDesign | application/x-indesign | indd |
| Adobe Photoshop | application/octet-stream | psd |
| Amazon Kindle eBook | application/vnd.amazon.ebook | azw |
| Audio | audio/aac | aac |
| Audio | audio/m4a | m4a |
| Audio | audio/wav | wav |
| Audio | audio/x-ms-wma | wma |
| Audio | audio/mpeg | mpg,mpeg,mpv,mp3 |
| Audio | audio/webm | webm |
| Audio | audio/ogg | oga,ogg |
| Audio | audio/opus | opus |
| Audio | audio/wav | wav |
| EPub | application/epub+zip | epub |
| Font | application/vnd.ms-fontobject | eot |
| Font | application/font-otf font/otf | otf |
| Font | application/font-woff font/woff | woff |
| Font | font/woff2 | woff2 |
| Font | application/font-ttf font/ttf | ttf |
| Image | image/bmp | bmp |
| Image | image/gif | gif |
| Image | image/png | png |
| Image | image/jpg | jpg |
| Image | image/jpeg | jpeg,jpg jfif |
| Image | image/svg+xml | svg |
| Image | image/tiff image/tiff-fx | tif,tiff |
| Image | image/vnd.microsoft.icon | ico,cur |
| Image | image/webp | webp |
| JSON | application/json | json |
| Microsoft Excel | application/vnd.ms-excel. | xls, csv |
| Microsoft Excel | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet | xlsx |
| Microsoft Powerpoint File | application/vnd.ms-powerpoint | ppt,pot,pps,ppa |
| Microsoft Powerpoint File | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation | pptx |
| Microsoft Visio | application/vnd.visio | vsd |
| Microsoft Word | application/msword | doc,dot |
| Microsoft Word | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document | docx |
| Microsoft Word | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template | dotx |
| OpenDocument Presentation | application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation | odp |
| OpenDocument Spreadsheet | application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet | ods |
| OpenDocument Text | application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text | odt |
| Rich Text | application/rtf | rtf |
| SPSS Statistics File Format | application/octet-stream | sav |
| Video | video/mp4 | mp4,m4v |
| Video | video/mpeg | mpg,mpeg,mpv |
| Video | video/quicktime | mov |
| Video | video/x-flv | flv |
| Video | video/webm | webm |
| Video | video/ogg | ogv,ogg |
| Video | video/x-msvideo | avi |
| Video | video/x-ms-wmv | wmv |
| Video Tracks | text/vtt | vtt |
| Application Ogg | application/ogg | ogg |
| Jupyter Notebook | application/x-ipynb+json | ipynb |
TEXT_WHITELIST
# Any file with mime-type text/* can be uploaded if matching these extensions
| File Type | Mime | Extensions |
| Plain Text | text/plain | txt,text,conf,def,list,log,ini |
| Calendar | text/calendar | ics,ifb |
| Cascading Style Sheets | text/css | css |
| CoffeeScript | text/coffeescript | coffee,litcoffee |
| Comma Separated List | text/csv | csv |
| HTML | text/html | htm,html |
| Javascript | text/javascript | js |
| JSX | text/jsx | jsx |
| LESS | text/less | less |
| Markdown | text/markdown | markdown,md |
| MathML | text/mathml | mml |
| RichText | text/richtext | rtx |
| RTF | text/rtf | rtf |
| R Script | text/plain | R |
| SMath | text/xml | sm |
| SGML | text/sgml | sgm,sgml |
| SPDX | text/spdx | spdx |
| Turtle | text/turtle | ttl |
| URI List | text/uri-list | uri,uris,urls |
| vCard | text/vcard | vcard |
| GraphViz | text/vnd.graphviz | gv |
| XML | text/xml | xml,xsd |
| R | text/xml | r |
| YAML | text/yaml | yml,yaml |
| ASM | text/x-asm | s,asm |
| C | text/x-c | c,cc,cxx,cpp,h,hh,dic |
| Fortran | text/x-fortran | f,for,f77,f90 |
| Handlebars Template | text/x-handlebars-template | hbs |
| Java Source | text/x-java-source | java |
| Lua | text/x-lua | lua |
| Pascal | text/x-pascal | p,pas |
| Processing | text/x-processing | pde |
| SASS | text/x-sass | sass |
| SCSS | text/x-scss | scss |
| Python | text/x-python | py |
MALWARE_CHECK_WHITELIST
# Can be uploaded if scanned for malware
| File Type | Mime | Extensions |
| Apple Installer Package | application/vnd.apple.installer+xml | mpkg |
| Audio | audio/midi | mid,midi |
| application/pdf | ||
| ZIP Archive | application/zip | zip |
| ZIP Archive | application/x-zip-compressed | zip |
| RAR Archive | application/vnd.rar | rar |
If you have any issues with uploading any of the files with the extensions above or would like to request extensions to be whitelisted, please contact our support team at support@openlearning.com with these details:
- File extension
- Course page
- Which system you are uploading it from (Windows, Mac, Linux, mobile etc)
- If the file is currently not listed, share with us the reason this needs to be whitelisted