An array byte compared to base 64 in a RESTful web service

Question

My REST web service should send the image file to the client. I got confused in two ways: send the image as a byte array or should I encode it as a base 64 string? What are the pros and cons of each? I may have to compress the image using gzip ... should it create a problem with any of the methods? I might even need to set my method as a SOAP service, which method should I use in this case?

Thank!

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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