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# Binary

Property Type: `binary`

A `binary` property represents a raw buffer. For uploads and data with associated mimes such as video and images, use a File property. Scripting buffer objects can be natively stored and retrieved using the `raw` outputEncoding.

### Property Options

| Name          | Type           | Default | Description                                                                                                                                |
| ------------- | -------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| serializeData | outputEncoding | base64  | <p>The encoding used to output the buffer (into a script or out through rest api). Valid values are:<br>base64, hex, array, utf8, raw.</p> |
| maxSize       | Integer        | 1000    | The maximum buffer size in bytes, up to 1MB.                                                                                               |

**Base property options not available:**

* array
* uniqueValues
* indexed
* unique

### Property Validators

**Required**\
name: `required`