Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Sending/receiving binary messages

[Leon M. <l.p...@so...>]

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Glyn Matthews <gly...@gm...>wrote:

>  *From:* Glyn Matthews [mailto:gly...@gm...]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:16 AM
>>   > You'd have to base 64 encode and decode any binary data in HTTP.
>>  There's nothing in cpp-netlib which does this, but you can use:
>>
>> Thanks for the response... I have the base64 functions, but was hoping to
>> avoid the overhead.  Are all binary transfers handled this way?  For
>> example, when I download a binary file from Sourceforge, is it base64
>> encoded on the wire?
>>
>
> Yes, if you download it using HTTP all binary data needs to be MIME
> encoded.
> On 12 February 2010 22:36, Nelson, Erik - 2 <
> eri...@ba...> wrote:
>


Sorry to interrupt, but is this true? I always thought the HTTP
Context-Length: response parameter was invented for this purpose, to be able
to transfer raw binary data.

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Leon Mergen