How to pass other form data along with MVC File Upload? - asp.net-mvc

Question

I am trying to implement File Upload in MVC. I have the following code which works.
#using (Html.BeginForm("ActioName", "ControllerName", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{
<div>
<input type="file" name="file" />
<input type="submit" value="OK" class="button" />
</div>
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult UploadFile(HttpPostedFileBase file)
{
// Verify that the user selected a file
if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0)
{
//do something here...
}
}
Now I want to add a dropdown box (to select the file type) and send that value along with the file to my Controller. How can I do that (send other form data along with the file)?

Answer 1

You should be able to add them to the view, include them in the POST and have MVC take care of the model binding:
#using (Html.BeginForm("ActioName", "ControllerName", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{
<div>
<input type="file" name="file" />
<select name="fileType">
<option value="JPG">Photo</option>
<option value="DOC">Word</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="OK" class="button" />
</div>
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult UploadFile(HttpPostedFileBase file, string fileType)
{
//Validate the fileType
// Verify that the user selected a file
if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0)
{
//do something here...
}
}

Answer 2

I ended up doing it as follows it as follows. works good for me:
Created a Model:
public class FeeUpload
{
[Required (ErrorMessage="File Type required")]
public string fileType { get; set; }
[Required (ErrorMessage="file required")]
public HttpPostedFileBase File { get; set; }
}
View:
#using (Html.BeginForm("ActionName", "ControllerName", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{
#Html.ValidationSummary(false, "Please fix the following:")
<div>
<div>
#Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.fileType,
new List<SelectListItem>
{
new SelectListItem{ Text="xxx", Value = "yyy" },
new SelectListItem{ Text="xxx", Value = "yyy" },
new SelectListItem{ Text="xxx", Value = "yyy" }
}, "Select")
#*#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.fileType)*#
</div>
<div>
#Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.File, new { type = "file" })
#*#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.File)*#
<input type="submit" value="OK" class="button" id="btnsubmit" />
</div>
</div>
}
Controller:
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult FeesAndCostsUpload(FeeUpload feeUploadFile)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
//do something with feeUploadFile.File and feeUploadFile.fileType
}
return View();
}

Answer 3

Try to not use Razor for the form
<form method="POST" data-url="#Url.Action("Action", "Controller")" enctype="multipart/form-data">
#Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<span class="btn btn-success fileinput-button">
<i class="fa fa-plus"></i>
<span>Add a file...</span>
#Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Fichier, new { type = "file" })
</span>
<div class="form-group form-actions">
<div class="col-sm-offset-3 col-sm-9">
<input id="submit" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value='Value' />
</div>
</div>
</form>
worked for me