I want to send an image with C# HttpClient, receive it in ASP.NET Core controller and save it to disk. I tried various methods but all i'm getting in controller is null reference.
My http client:
public class HttpClientAdapter
{
private readonly HttpClient _client;
public HttpClientAdapter()
{
_client = new HttpClient();
}
public async Task<HttpResponse> PostFileAsync(string url, string filePath)
{
var requestContent = ConstructRequestContent(filePath);
var response = await _client.PostAsync(url, requestContent);
var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
return new HttpResponse
{
StatusCode = response.StatusCode,
Body = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(responseBody)
};
}
private MultipartFormDataContent ConstructRequestContent(string filePath)
{
var content = new MultipartFormDataContent();
var fileStream = File.OpenRead(filePath);
var streamContent = new StreamContent(fileStream);
var imageContent = new ByteArrayContent(streamContent.ReadAsByteArrayAsync().Result);
imageContent.Headers.ContentType = MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("multipart/form-data");
content.Add(imageContent, "image", Path.GetFileName(filePath));
return content;
}
}
and controller:
[Route("api/files")]
public class FilesController: Controller
{
private readonly ILogger<FilesController> _logger;
public FilesController(ILogger<FilesController> logger)
{
_logger = logger;
}
[HttpPost]
public IActionResult Post(IFormFile file)
{
_logger.LogInformation(file.ToString());
return Ok();
}
}
As i mentioned above, the IFormFile object i'm getting in the controller is null reference. I tried adding [FromBody], [FromForm], tried creating class with two properties: one of type string and one with type IFormFile, but nothing works. Also instead of sending file with C# HttpClient i used Postman - same thing happens.
Does anyone know solution for this problem? Thanks in advance.
