File Uploading in Asp.Net MVC - asp.net-mvc

Question

I am trying to make a file uploading page in my MVC project. First of all i want to manage this locally.
My Questions are:
1- Here is my controller and view. Is there any thing that I have to do to make this code work? I mean defining a model or using jquery, etc. What is the process when a file is being uploaded?
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult FileUpload(HttpPostedFileBase uploadFile)
{
if (uploadFile.ContentLength > 0)
{
string filePath = Path.Combine(HttpContext.Server.MapPath("C:/Users/marti/../PhotoGallery/myimages"),
Path.GetFileName(uploadFile.FileName));
uploadFile.SaveAs(filePath);
}
return View();
}
Here is the View:
<input name="uploadFile" type="file" />
<input type="submit" value="Upload File" />
2- When i debug this, It never goes to controller.

Answer 1

You may need the enctype='multipart/form-data' on your view form:
#model ImageModel
#{
ViewBag.Title = "New Image";
}
<div class="content-form-container width-half">
<form id='PropertiesForm' action='#Url.Action(ImageController.Actions.Add, ImageController.Name)' method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data' class='content-form'>
#Html.Partial("ImageName")
<fieldset class='content-form-1field'>
<div class='legend'>
file to upload
</div>
#Html.LabelledFileInput(ImageView.FileName, string.Empty)
</fieldset>
<div class='buttons'>
#Html.Button("button-submit", "submit")
</div>
</form>
</div>
#section script{
#Html.JavascriptInclude("~/js/image/new.min.js")
}
And here is my controller code:
[HttpPost]
[MemberAccess]
public ActionResult Add()
{
var name = ImageView.ImageName.MapFrom(Request.Form);
if (Request.Files.Count == 0)
{
RegisterFailureMessage("No file has been selected for upload.");
return ValidationFailureAdd(name);
}
var file = Request.Files[0];
if (file == null || file.ContentLength == 0)
{
RegisterFailureMessage("No file has been selected for upload or the file is empty.");
return ValidationFailureAdd(name);
}
var format = ImageService.ImageFormat(file.InputStream);
if (format != ImageFormat.Gif && format != ImageFormat.Jpeg && format != ImageFormat.Png)
{
RegisterFailureMessage("Only gif, jpg and png files are supported.");
return ValidationFailureAdd(name);
}
if (query.HasName(name))
{
RegisterFailureMessage(string.Format("Image with name '{0}' already exists.", name));
return ValidationFailureAdd(name);
}
using (var scope = new TransactionScope())
{
var id = Guid.NewGuid();
var fileExtension = ImageService.FileExtension(format);
Bus.Send(new AddWikiImageCommand
{
Id = id,
Name = name,
FileExtension = fileExtension
});
var path = Path.Combine(ApplicationConfiguration.MediaFolder,
string.Format("{0}.{1}", id.ToString("n"), fileExtension));
if (System.IO.File.Exists(path))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(path);
}
file.SaveAs(path);
scope.Complete();
}
return RedirectToAction(Actions.Manage);
}
There are some custom bits in there so you can ignore those. The gyst of what you need should be there.
HTH