I would like to know how best to handle file upload and addtional information added to the file to be uploaded using ASP.NET Web API 2 without MVC components. I have google the net and I can tell you I am more confused than I expected.
The Additional info will be stored in db and the file on the disk. So far the Web API app I am building does not support multipart/form-data. It only supports the default media types. I know I need to create a media formatter.
Pls help.
I had wrote Javascript split File and upload to WEB API . i think you can reference my backend codes
In front-end you need using below code to upload your File
var xhr = new self.XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('POST', url, false);
xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream');
xhr.send(chunk);
In backend use Request.InputStream.Read to catch your file bytes
[HttpPost]
[ValidateInput(false)]
public string fileUpload(string filename)
{
byte[] file = new byte[Request.InputStream.Length];
Request.InputStream.Read(file, 0, Convert.ToInt32(Request.InputStream.Length));
BinaryWriter binWriter = new BinaryWriter(new MemoryStream());
binWriter.Write(file);
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(binWriter.BaseStream);
reader.BaseStream.Position = 0;
//This example is recevied text file
while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
{
};
}
You can just serialize your file data into BASE64 and send them as a string in case of multipart/from-data is not allowed for some reason.
