1. What is the best way for me to upload a binary file to a Rails site? I'll be uploading from a .NET client.
2. What is the best way to parse the binary file to extract the data? Would I need to "drop" to C and read the binary file that way?
1. What is the best way for me to upload a binary file to a Rails site? I'll be uploading from a .NET client.
Do a PUT request with Content-Type: application/octet-stream, Content-Length: yourfilesize, and send the file verbatim as the request body.
2. What is the best way to parse the binary file to extract the data? Would I need to "drop" to C and read the binary file that way?
Read the body using request.raw_post
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