Upload Image In ASP.NET Core Web API 6.0 (With Postman)

In this blog, we learn about upload image with other parameter & upload image via Postman.

In this blog, we learn about upload image with other parameter & upload image via Postman,

Step 1

Open Visual Studio 2019 Or Visual Studio 2022 & Click on create project select ASP.net core web API template

Step 2

Add line in Program.cs file after "app.UseStaticFiles();"

app.UseStaticFiles();

Step 3

Create "wwwroot" folder under Project solution

Step 4

Create new FileUploadAPI class & Customer class under project solution

FileUploadAPI.cs

namespace UploadImageWithData8777
{
    public class FileUploadAPI
    {
        public int ImgID { get; set; }
        public string? Customers { get; set; }
        public IFormFile? files { get; set; }
        public string ImgName { get; set; }
    }
    public class common
    { 
       public FileUploadAPI _fileAPI { get; set; }
        public Customer _Customer { get; set; }
        public List<Customer> LstCustomer { get; set; }
    }
}

Customer.cs

namespace UploadImageWithData8777
{
    public class Customer
    {
        public int CustID { get; set; }
        public string? CustName { get; set; }
        public string? CustomerType { get; set; }
    }
}

Step 5

Add ImageUploadController Under controller folder

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
namespace UploadImageWithData8777.Controllers {
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    [ApiController]
    public class ImageUploadController: ControllerBase {
        public static IWebHostEnvironment _environment;
        public ImageUploadController(IWebHostEnvironment environment) {
                _environment = environment;
            }
            [HttpPost]
        public Task < common > Post([FromForm] FileUploadAPI objFile) {
            common obj = new common();
            obj.LstCustomer = new List < Customer > ();
            obj._fileAPI = new FileUploadAPI();
            try {
                List < Customer > list = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject < List < Customer >> (objFile.Customers);
                obj.LstCustomer = list;
                obj._fileAPI.ImgID = objFile.ImgID;
                obj._fileAPI.ImgName = "\\Upload\\" + objFile.files.FileName;
                if (objFile.files.Length > 0) {
                    if (!Directory.Exists(_environment.WebRootPath + "\\Upload")) {
                        Directory.CreateDirectory(_environment.WebRootPath + "\\Upload\\");
                    }
                    using(FileStream filestream = System.IO.File.Create(_environment.WebRootPath + "\\Upload\\" + objFile.files.FileName)) {
                        objFile.files.CopyTo(filestream);
                        filestream.Flush();
                        //  return "\\Upload\\" + objFile.files.FileName;
                    }
                }
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                throw;
            }
            return Task.FromResult(obj);
        }
    }
}

Step 6

Change configuration in launchSettings,json file,

{
  "profiles": {
    "UploadImageWithData8777": {
      "commandName": "Project",
      "launchBrowser": true,
      "launchUrl": "api/ImageUpload",
      "environmentVariables": {
        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
      },
      "dotnetRunMessages": true,
      "applicationUrl": "https://localhost:7273;http://localhost:5273"
    },
    "IIS Express": {
      "commandName": "IISExpress",
      "launchBrowser": true,
      "launchUrl": "api/ImageUpload",
      "environmentVariables": {
        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
      }
    },
    "WSL": {
      "commandName": "WSL2",
      "launchBrowser": true,
      "launchUrl": "https://localhost:7273/swagger",
      "environmentVariables": {
        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development",
        "ASPNETCORE_URLS": "https://localhost:7273;http://localhost:5273"
      },
      "distributionName": ""
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/launchsettings.json",
  "iisSettings": {
    "windowsAuthentication": false,
    "anonymousAuthentication": true,
    "iisExpress": {
      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:59880",
      "sslPort": 44390
    }
  }
}

Step 7

Run Application & Make Request From PostMan tool.

Enter API Url in postman : https://localhost:44390/api/ImageUpload & Select methodtype=POST go to body Select form-data Enter parameter details & select image file & select type file in key

Sample form-Data

KEY	VALUE
files	Tractor.jpg
customers	KEY  [ {   "custID": 1,   "custName": "Sai",   "customerType": "Reguler" } , {   "custID": 2,   "custName": "Sharayu",   "customerType": "Reguler" } ]
ImgID	1001
ImgName	Tractor

OUTPUT

{
    "_fileAPI": {
        "imgID": 1001,
        "customers": null,
        "files": null,
        "imgName": "\\Upload\\Tractor.jpg"
    },
    "_Customer": null,
    "lstCustomer": [
        {
            "custID": 1,
            "custName": "Sai",
            "customerType": "Reguler"
        },
        {
            "custID": 2,
            "custName": "Sharayu",
            "customerType": "Reguler"
        }
    ]
}

Thank you for Reading.