I have files often uploaded via browser and maybe considering using another method to make uploads faster.
When a file is uploaded via browser, is there much overhead due to encoding?
Do you know how much?
Thanks!
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A:
The only overhead are the HTTP headers and the multipart/form-data MIME format; all of this is static (see RFC2616 and RFC2388).
Julian Reschke
2009-07-11 06:07:21
Someone said that Base 64 encoding is used. Then they erased their answer, so I guess they realized they are wrong. If the file is transfered as raw data, are http transfers as good as rsync?
Alex L
2009-07-12 15:35:15
rsync usually just transfers binary diffs; that's something you can't do over HTTP unless the server supports something like RFC 3229 or the HTTP PATCH method with a yet-to-be-defined payload format.
Julian Reschke
2009-07-13 12:57:31