Send a file via HTTP POST with C#
Using .NET 4.5 (or .NET 4.0 by adding the Microsoft.Net.Http package from NuGet) there is an easier way to simulate form requests. Here is an example:
private async Task<System.IO.Stream> Upload(string actionUrl, string paramString, Stream paramFileStream, byte [] paramFileBytes)
{
HttpContent stringContent = new StringContent(paramString);
HttpContent fileStreamContent = new StreamContent(paramFileStream);
HttpContent bytesContent = new ByteArrayContent(paramFileBytes);
using (var client = new HttpClient())
using (var formData = new MultipartFormDataContent())
{
formData.Add(stringContent, "param1", "param1");
formData.Add(fileStreamContent, "file1", "file1");
formData.Add(bytesContent, "file2", "file2");
var response = await client.PostAsync(actionUrl, formData);
if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
return null;
}
return await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
}
}
Sending Files using HTTP POST in c#
You can try the following code:
public void PostMultipleFiles(string url, string[] files)
{
string boundary = "----------------------------" + DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString("x");
HttpWebRequest httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
httpWebRequest.ContentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary;
httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";
httpWebRequest.KeepAlive = true;
httpWebRequest.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
Stream memStream = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
byte[] boundarybytes =System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("\r\n--" + boundary +"\r\n");
string formdataTemplate = "\r\n--" + boundary + "\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"{0}\";\r\n\r\n{1}";
string headerTemplate = "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"{0}\"; filename=\"{1}\"\r\n Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n";
memStream.Write(boundarybytes, 0, boundarybytes.Length);
for (int i = 0; i < files.Length; i++)
{
string header = string.Format(headerTemplate, "file" + i, files[i]);
//string header = string.Format(headerTemplate, "uplTheFile", files[i]);
byte[] headerbytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(header);
memStream.Write(headerbytes, 0, headerbytes.Length);
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(files[i], FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Read);
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int bytesRead = 0;
while ((bytesRead = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) != 0)
{
memStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
}
memStream.Write(boundarybytes, 0, boundarybytes.Length);
fileStream.Close();
}
httpWebRequest.ContentLength = memStream.Length;
Stream requestStream = httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream();
memStream.Position = 0;
byte[] tempBuffer = new byte[memStream.Length];
memStream.Read(tempBuffer, 0, tempBuffer.Length);
memStream.Close();
requestStream.Write(tempBuffer, 0, tempBuffer.Length);
requestStream.Close();
try
{
WebResponse webResponse = httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
Stream stream = webResponse.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream);
string var = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
response.InnerHtml = ex.Message;
}
httpWebRequest = null;
}
How to upload file to server with HTTP POST multipart/form-data?
Here's my final working code. My web service needed one file (POST parameter name was "file") & a string value (POST parameter name was "userid").
/// <summary>
/// Occurs when upload backup application bar button is clicked. Author : Farhan Ghumra
/// </summary>
private async void btnUploadBackup_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var dbFile = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.GetFileAsync(Util.DBNAME);
var fileBytes = await GetBytesAsync(dbFile);
var Params = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "userid", "9" } };
UploadFilesToServer(new Uri(Util.UPLOAD_BACKUP), Params, Path.GetFileName(dbFile.Path), "application/octet-stream", fileBytes);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates HTTP POST request & uploads database to server. Author : Farhan Ghumra
/// </summary>
private void UploadFilesToServer(Uri uri, Dictionary<string, string> data, string fileName, string fileContentType, byte[] fileData)
{
string boundary = "----------" + DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString("x");
HttpWebRequest httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
httpWebRequest.ContentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary;
httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";
httpWebRequest.BeginGetRequestStream((result) =>
{
try
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)result.AsyncState;
using (Stream requestStream = request.EndGetRequestStream(result))
{
WriteMultipartForm(requestStream, boundary, data, fileName, fileContentType, fileData);
}
request.BeginGetResponse(a =>
{
try
{
var response = request.EndGetResponse(a);
var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();
using (var sr = new StreamReader(responseStream))
{
using (StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
string responseString = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
//responseString is depend upon your web service.
if (responseString == "Success")
{
MessageBox.Show("Backup stored successfully on server.");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Error occurred while uploading backup on server.");
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
}, null);
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
}, httpWebRequest);
}
/// <summary>
/// Writes multi part HTTP POST request. Author : Farhan Ghumra
/// </summary>
private void WriteMultipartForm(Stream s, string boundary, Dictionary<string, string> data, string fileName, string fileContentType, byte[] fileData)
{
/// The first boundary
byte[] boundarybytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("--" + boundary + "\r\n");
/// the last boundary.
byte[] trailer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("\r\n--" + boundary + "--\r\n");
/// the form data, properly formatted
string formdataTemplate = "Content-Dis-data; name=\"{0}\"\r\n\r\n{1}";
/// the form-data file upload, properly formatted
string fileheaderTemplate = "Content-Dis-data; name=\"{0}\"; filename=\"{1}\";\r\nContent-Type: {2}\r\n\r\n";
/// Added to track if we need a CRLF or not.
bool bNeedsCRLF = false;
if (data != null)
{
foreach (string key in data.Keys)
{
/// if we need to drop a CRLF, do that.
if (bNeedsCRLF)
WriteToStream(s, "\r\n");
/// Write the boundary.
WriteToStream(s, boundarybytes);
/// Write the key.
WriteToStream(s, string.Format(formdataTemplate, key, data[key]));
bNeedsCRLF = true;
}
}
/// If we don't have keys, we don't need a crlf.
if (bNeedsCRLF)
WriteToStream(s, "\r\n");
WriteToStream(s, boundarybytes);
WriteToStream(s, string.Format(fileheaderTemplate, "file", fileName, fileContentType));
/// Write the file data to the stream.
WriteToStream(s, fileData);
WriteToStream(s, trailer);
}
/// <summary>
/// Writes string to stream. Author : Farhan Ghumra
/// </summary>
private void WriteToStream(Stream s, string txt)
{
byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(txt);
s.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
}
/// <summary>
/// Writes byte array to stream. Author : Farhan Ghumra
/// </summary>
private void WriteToStream(Stream s, byte[] bytes)
{
s.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns byte array from StorageFile. Author : Farhan Ghumra
/// </summary>
private async Task<byte[]> GetBytesAsync(StorageFile file)
{
byte[] fileBytes = null;
using (var stream = await file.OpenReadAsync())
{
fileBytes = new byte[stream.Size];
using (var reader = new DataReader(stream))
{
await reader.LoadAsync((uint)stream.Size);
reader.ReadBytes(fileBytes);
}
}
return fileBytes;
}
I am very much thankful to Darin Rousseau for helping me.
Send file using http post in c#
I think you should be able to do that. There are many ways to do that. here is a link Upload files with HTTPWebrequest (multipart/form-data)
HTTP CLIENT Upload File C#
the answer helped me . thanks , I changed the Update method to :
public static async Task<string> Upload(string uri, string pathFile)
{
byte[] bytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(pathFile);
using (var content = new ByteArrayContent(bytes))
{
content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("*/*");
//Send it
var response = await nftClient.PostAsync(uri, content);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
Stream responseStream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream);
return reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
It works great now
Upload files with HTTPWebrequest (multipart/form-data)
I was looking for something like this, Found in :
http://bytes.com/groups/net-c/268661-how-upload-file-via-c-code (modified for correctness):
public static string UploadFilesToRemoteUrl(string url, string[] files, NameValueCollection formFields = null)
{
string boundary = "----------------------------" + DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString("x");
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create(url);
request.ContentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" +
boundary;
request.Method = "POST";
request.KeepAlive = true;
Stream memStream = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
var boundarybytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("\r\n--" +
boundary + "\r\n");
var endBoundaryBytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("\r\n--" +
boundary + "--");
string formdataTemplate = "\r\n--" + boundary +
"\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"{0}\";\r\n\r\n{1}";
if (formFields != null)
{
foreach (string key in formFields.Keys)
{
string formitem = string.Format(formdataTemplate, key, formFields[key]);
byte[] formitembytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(formitem);
memStream.Write(formitembytes, 0, formitembytes.Length);
}
}
string headerTemplate =
"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"{0}\"; filename=\"{1}\"\r\n" +
"Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n";
for (int i = 0; i < files.Length; i++)
{
memStream.Write(boundarybytes, 0, boundarybytes.Length);
var header = string.Format(headerTemplate, "uplTheFile", files[i]);
var headerbytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(header);
memStream.Write(headerbytes, 0, headerbytes.Length);
using (var fileStream = new FileStream(files[i], FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
var buffer = new byte[1024];
var bytesRead = 0;
while ((bytesRead = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) != 0)
{
memStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
}
}
}
memStream.Write(endBoundaryBytes, 0, endBoundaryBytes.Length);
request.ContentLength = memStream.Length;
using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
memStream.Position = 0;
byte[] tempBuffer = new byte[memStream.Length];
memStream.Read(tempBuffer, 0, tempBuffer.Length);
memStream.Close();
requestStream.Write(tempBuffer, 0, tempBuffer.Length);
}
using (var response = request.GetResponse())
{
Stream stream2 = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader reader2 = new StreamReader(stream2);
return reader2.ReadToEnd();
}
}
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