Hi, thanks for your reply. JSON is a plain-text format, right? I would
worry about the increased size of the data packet.

Is there a platform-safe way to transmit binary data?

Cheers
Jamie

On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Sergey Lyubka <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would rather return a JSON object that holds an array of Numbers. Reason:
> independence from the platform-specific representation of floats.
>
> However if you'd like to send a binary blob instead, do:
>
> case MG_REQUEST:
>    if (strcmp(conn->uri, "/get_floats") == 0) {
>      mg_send_header(conn, "Content-Type", "application/octet-stream");
>      mg_send_data(conn, float_array_pointer, size_of_float_array);
>      return MG_TRUE;
>    }
>    ...
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 6:12 AM, JamieOliver <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have Mongoose server built in to a C++ application. The C++ application
>> holds arrays of floating point numbers, and I would like to request this
>> data from a Javascript page (also served by my application) using
>> XMLHttpRequest, as a binary blob. How can I use Mongoose to handle and
>> service this request?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jamie
>>
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