I am working on a small blog using ASP.NET Core(MVC 6) EF Visual Studio. I have trouble finding how to save images to a database. I have read about IFormfile but I do not really understand how to go about it, I am stuck. I am new to this and would love to have a little help.
I want to save the image to the post I am creating(In the same form). I, therefore, want to save it to postID. Then I need to be able to display the image, how do I do that? I know there is a lot to ask, but I do not know where to turn. Feel free to send links if you have any good tips or ideas.
Thanks in advance!
You may find this useful if u need to save to database. This was a modification of https://www.mikesdotnetting.com/article/259/asp-net-mvc-5-with-ef-6-working-with-files and lots of input from k7Boys answer here MVC 6 HttpPostedFileBase?
<input type="file" name="Image" id="Imageinput">
Blog Modal Class should have Img field like;
public int BlogId{ get; set; }
...
public byte[] Img{ get; set; }
Controller;
public async Task<IActionResult> Create([Bind("BlogId,...Img")] Blog blog t, IFormFile Image)
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
if (Image!= null)
{
if (Image.Length > 0)
//Convert Image to byte and save to database
{
byte[] p1 = null;
using (var fs1 = Image.OpenReadStream())
using (var ms1 = new MemoryStream())
{
fs1.CopyTo(ms1);
p1 = ms1.ToArray();
}
Blog.Img= p1;
}
}
_context.Add(client);
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
Took me a couple of hours to get here. Now working on viewing the images in a view, am sure this will not be complex. Enjoy
Try this its working fine
controller
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public async Task<IActionResult> Create([Bind("Id,PostMode,Message,Image,AccountId,Created,Status")] Post post, IFormFile Image)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
Image.CopyTo(ms);
post.Image = ms.ToArray();
}
_context.Add(post);
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
return RedirectToAction(nameof(Index));
}
return View(post);
}
Display Image
@foreach (var item in Model)
{
<img class="img-responsive full-width" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,@Convert.ToBase64String(item.Image)" />
}
You can use IFormFile to save image posted from view. Below is the sample code.
public class UserProfileViewModel
{
public string UserName { get; set; }
public IFormFile UploadedImage { get; set; }
public string ImageUrl { get; set; }
}
In view simply bind it with IFormFile property like:
<img src="@Model.ImageUrl" alt="User Logo" asp-append-version="true" />
<input type="file" asp-for="UploadedImage" />
In your controller you just need to save file on server like:
var filename = ContentDispositionHeaderValue
.Parse(user.UploadedImage.ContentDisposition)
.FileName
.Trim('"');
filename = Path.Combine(webRoot, "/Content/UserProfile/", $@"\{filename}");
if (Directory.Exists(webRoot + "/Content/UserProfile/"))
{
using (FileStream fs = System.IO.File.Create(filename))
{
user.UploadedImage.CopyTo(fs);
fs.Flush();
}
}
model.ImageURL = "~/Content/Brands/" + user.UploadedImage.FileName;