Returning binary file from controller in ASP.NET Web API
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 controller method seems to work, meaning that it returns a file, but it's setting the content type to application/json
:
public HttpResponseMessage<Stream> Post(string version, string environment, string filetype)
{
var path = @"C:Temp est.exe";
var stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open);
return new HttpResponseMessage<Stream>(stream, new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/octet-stream"));
}
Is there a better way to do this?