---
title: type
framework: appintents
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appintents/intentfile/type
---

# type

The uniform type identifier of the file. (i.e. “public.json”, “public.png”, or any custom type) More information about uniform type identifiers can be found in <CoreServices/UTCoreTypes.h>

## Declaration

```swift
var type: UTType? { get }
```

## See Also

### Getting the file information

- [filename](appintents/intentfile/filename.md)
- [fileURL](appintents/intentfile/fileurl.md)
- [data](appintents/intentfile/data.md)
- [removedOnCompletion](appintents/intentfile/removedoncompletion.md)