I have a Web API REST service method, which returns the pdf file. And the code is as follows:
string content = some byte array;
HttpResponseMessage result = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
result.Content = new StringContent(content);
//a text file is actually an octet-stream (pdf, etc)
result.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/pdf");
//we used attachment to force download
result.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment");
result.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition.FileName = "mypdf.pdf";
return result;
My doubt is for the other methods in the API, I used content negotiation for the media type of the response. Do I need to use the content negotiation here also?? Is it need here or not?
No. Conneg is a purely optional thing. If your resource only has a application/pdf representation then so be it.
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