How to mock a multipart/form-data request using Moq on .NET Core?

Question

I have a .NET Core class library for blob storage, which I use in ASP.NET Core web applications, and I want to test the controller it exposes. For reasons beyond my control, I need to test the controller without using a HTTP client, testing server, or web application, which is why I am trying to mock a request. I need to mock a multipart/form-data HTTP request for a file upload in order to test the POST method of the controller.

I tried to figure out how to mock the request from this article: How to mock the Request on Controller in ASP.Net MVC? but to no avail.

// Controller action
[HttpPost]
[DisableFormValueModelBinding]
public async Task<AttachedFile> Post()
{
    return await Request.WriteToFileStorage(service);
}

// Test with mocking
[Fact]
public async Task Post_New()
{
    // ...
    var controller = new FileStorageController(service);
    var content = Convert.FromBase64String(imageBase64);
    var request = new Mock<HttpRequest>();
    request.SetupGet(x => x.Headers).Returns(
        new HeaderDictionary { { "X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest" } });
    request.SetupGet(x => x.ContentLength).Returns(1455);
    request.SetupGet(x => x.ContentType).Returns("multipart/form-data");
    request.SetupGet(x => x.Body).Returns(new MemoryStream(content));
    var httpContext = new Mock<HttpContext>();
    httpContext.SetupGet(x => x.Request).Returns(request.Object);
    controller.ControllerContext = new ControllerContext {
        HttpContext = httpContext.Object
    };

    var result = await controller.Post();
    // ...
}

When I try to mock the Request object in some way, the test fails and I get an exception in the test explorer saying "Message: System.IO.InvalidDataException : Missing content-type boundary". How do I properly form the body of the request?

This might be an [XY problem](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem). Show `WriteToFileStorage`. What is that function — Nkosi, Jun 21 '19 at 11:55
You're killing yourself here. This is an integration test, not a unit test. Use the test server and just send an actual request. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/test/integration-tests?view=aspnetcore-2.2 — Chris Pratt, Jun 21 '19 at 14:24

How to mock a multipart/form-data request using Moq on .NET Core?

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