asp.net - How to handle Images using WebAPI

Question

Questions

1. What are the different ways to POST/GET images to my service? I think I can either use Base-64 text in JSON or stay native as binary. My understanding is that by converting the image into text, there is a significant increase is package size.

2. If I send the image (from a web form, from a native client, from another service), should I add a Image Controller/Handler or use a Formatter? Is this even an either/or question?

I have researched and found many competing examples but I am not sure which direction I should be heading.

Is there a site/blog article that lays out the pros and cons for this?

Answer 1

I did some research and you can see the implementation I came up with here: http://jamessdixon.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/handling-images-in-webapi/