title: Base64 image upload VS Binary image upload?
body: <p>I want my mobile application to be able to upload an image to my server, in my case it's a <strong>Rails 3.2.11</strong> with <strong>nginx</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>I read alot about <strong>Base64</strong> encoding on client side and then decoding on the server side.</p>
  
  <p>Why not just use <strong>binary</strong> upload with <strong>multipart</strong> headers on the http request?</p>
  
  <p>Are the any <strong>pros / cons</strong> for each technic?</p>