I'd like to post a file to my webapi. It's not the problem but:
- I don't want to use javascript
- The file must be received and saved synchronously
I would like my action to look like this:
public void Post(byte[] file)
{
}
or:
public void Post(Stream stream)
{
}
I want to post file from code similiar to this (of course, now it doesn't work):
<form id="postFile" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
<input type="file" name="file" />
<button value="post" type="submit" form="postFile" formmethod="post" formaction="<%= Url.RouteUrl("WebApi", new { @httpRoute = "" }) %>" />
</form>
Any suggestions will be appreciated
The simplest example would be something like this
[HttpPost]
[Route("")]
public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Post()
{
if (!Request.Content.IsMimeMultipartContent())
{
throw new HttpResponseException(HttpStatusCode.UnsupportedMediaType);
}
var provider = new MultipartFormDataStreamProvider(HostingEnvironment.MapPath("~/App_Data"));
var files = await Request.Content.ReadAsMultipartAsync(provider);
// Do something with the files if required, like saving in the DB the paths or whatever
await DoStuff(files);
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);;
}
There is no synchronous version of ReadAsMultipartAsync
so you are better off playing along.
UPDATE:
If you are using IIS server hosting, you can try the traditional way:
public HttpResponseMessage Post()
{
var httpRequest = HttpContext.Current.Request;
if (httpRequest.Files.Count > 0)
{
foreach (string fileName in httpRequest.Files.Keys)
{
var file = httpRequest.Files[fileName];
var filePath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/" + file.FileName);
file.SaveAs(filePath);
}
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created);
}
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
}
I think action should be like
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult post(HttpPostedFileBase file)
{
// Verify that the user selected a file
if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0)
{
// extract only the filename
var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
// store the file inside ~/App_Data/uploads folder
var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/uploads"), fileName);
file.SaveAs(path);
}
// redirect back to the index action to show the form once again
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}