title: Should a HTTP POST'ed file be base64 encoded?
body: <p>I'm currently implementing a client application that POST's a file over HTTP and have implemented base64 encoding on the file's data parameter.</p>
  
  <p>However, it appears that when inspecting the traffic between a simple HTML page with a file upload form and the server that no Content-Transfer-Encoding header is sent in the body when describing the file's parameter.</p>
  
  <p>Is this the preferred way of POST'ing a file over HTTP?</p>