Re^3: Distinguishing text from binary data

[dave_the_m]

in reply to Re^2: Distinguishing text from binary data
in thread Distinguishing text from binary data

No it isn't a file - it's a body of an HTTP response

In that case, is examining the Content-type: header in the response sufficient?

Dave.

[gothic_mallard]

I'd tend to agree that the simplest course would probably be to check the headers that came with the data - they should give you the content-type as well as the encoding without you having to make assumptions about what makes the code binary or otherwise.