c# - How can i return raw bytes from ASP.NET web service?

Question

If the WebMethod returns string it gets serialized to xml.

I want to return byte[] with responding ContentType - can I also specify it?.

Can it be done in ASP.NET web service web method?

Answer 1

ASMX web services use SOAP and the content type will always be application/soap+xml and the content represent xml. Even if you return a byte[] from your method this array will be base64 encoded into the soap body.