Well, this newbie is doing something wrong when displaying images uploaded to the server:
model:
public class Person
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string ImageUrl { get; set; }
}
controller (upload - called by the [HttpPost] public ActionResult Create):
public void Upload(Person person)
{
var image = WebImage.GetImageFromRequest();
var filename = Path.GetFileName(image.FileName);
var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/Uploads/Fotos"), filename);
image.Save(path);
person.ImageUrl = Url.Content(Path.Combine("~/App_Data/Uploads/Fotos", filename));
}
create view:
...
@using (Html.BeginForm("Create", "Person", FormMethod.Post, new { @encType = "multipart/form-data" }))
{
...
@FileUpload.GetHtml(initialNumberOfFiles: 1, allowMoreFilesToBeAdded: false, includeFormTag: false, uploadText: "image")
...
<div>
<input type="submit" value="Create" /> |
@Html.ActionLink("Back", "Index")
</div>
}
So far, so good, the image is uploaded to the folder and the url is saved
Now, I want to see it in the Detail View
detail view:
<div class="display-foto">
<img src="@Url.Content(Server.MapPath(Model.ImageUrl))" alt="IMAGE" />
</div>
Viewing the generated code, everything seems to be alright:
<img src="D:\Users\x\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\CMI_AD\CMI_AD\App_Data\Uploads\Fotos\_nofoto.jpg" alt="IMAGE" />
But the fact is that nothing appears on the screen except the text "IMAGE".
What am I doing wrong?
P.S. I've tried without the Server.MapPath, using the relative address "~\App_Data\Uploads\Fotos_nofoto.jpg" and the result is the same.
--- EDIT ---
@kmcc049: I've tried your suggestion creating a helper
public static class MyHelpers
{
public static IHtmlString MyImage(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, string url)
{
var urlHelper = new UrlHelper(htmlHelper.ViewContext.RequestContext);
var img = new TagBuilder("img");
img.Attributes["alt"] = "[IMAGE]";
img.Attributes["src"] = UrlHelper.GenerateContentUrl(url, htmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext);
return MvcHtmlString.Create(img.ToString(TagRenderMode.SelfClosing));
}
}
the call in the view:
@Html.MyImage(Model.ImageUrl)
the generated code is
<img alt="[IMAGE]" src="/App_Data/Uploads/Fotos/_nofoto.jpg" />
but the result is the same: no image :(
--- SOLVED ---
Apparently the App_Data is not a good location to save uploaded files because accessing them will result an Error 403 - Forbidden. I move the files to ~/Uploads/Fotos and it works.