Getting stream content

[1Cor125]

Just want to make sure I am not missing something here:
I have an API that has a few JSON endpoints but also a few endpoints with small binary files for download. If I expose the binary as a stream as in...
[Get("/v2/file.db.gz")] Task<Stream> GetFileAsync();
or as in...
[Get("/v2/file.db.gz")] Task<byte[]> GetFileAsync();
Refit wants to parse the result as JSON (which of course blows up).
I could get the raw response as in...
[Get("/v2/file.db.gz")] Task<HttpResponseMessage> GetFileAsync();
and then grab the stream or the bytes from response.Content in the caller.
Is this The Right Way?

[bennor]

As far as I'm aware, Task<HttpResponseMessage> is the only way at the moment. A PR for Task<byte[]> support would be pretty easy. 😉 (start here)

[bennor]

Nevermind. I overlooked the HttpContent support. If you set your return type Task<HttpContent>, you should be able to access the stream from the result.

[1Cor125]

Thank you. That works well. I can get the bytes/stream without the extra overhead of the whole response.