Binary Octet Stream
About 'application/octet-stream' MIME attachments A MIME attachment with the content type 'application/octet-stream' is a binary file. Typically, it will be an application or a document that must be opened in an application, such as a spreadsheet or word processor. If the attachment has a filename extension associated with it, you may be able to tell what kind of file it is. A.exe extension, for example, indicates it is a Windows or DOS program (executable), while a file ending in.doc is probably meant to be opened in Microsoft Word. No matter what kind of file it is, an application/octet-stream attachment is rarely viewable in an email or web client. If you are using a workstation-based client, such as Thunderbird or Outlook, the application should be able to extract and download the attachment automatically. After downloading an attachment through any of these methods, you must then open the attachment in the appropriate application to view its contents.
Octet Stream How To Open
I'm trying to send a HTTP POST to a device on my network. I want to send four specific bytes of data to the device unfortunately I only seem to be able to send strings to the device. Is there any. Octet-stream does not refer to a specific type of file -- it could be anything from a spreadsheet to an executable program. To open an unidentified file, you need to either figure out which program can open the file as a document or change the file's extension to run as a program.