Returning binary file from controller in ASP.NET Web API

Question

I\'m working on a web service using ASP.NET MVC\'s new WebAPI that will serve up binary files, mostly .cab and .exe files.

The following co

Answer 1

The overload that you're using sets the enumeration of serialization formatters. You need to specify the content type explicitly like:

httpResponseMessage.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/octet-stream");