Posting a file to a controller action in Sitecore [closed]

Question

I want to post a file to a controller/action in my Sitecore project via a "file" input tag.

<input value="choose file" type="file" id="bulk-upload"> 

I see examples, similar to below, online using forms. Is there a better/other way to do this?

@using (Html.BeginForm ("file", "upload", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" })) 

Answer 1

In de HttpPost action method, capture your file by using a model object as parameter that has a property of the type HttpPostedFileBase with the same name as your input file field.

// The model
public class MyModel
{
    public HttpPostedFileBase UploadedFile { get; set; }
}

// The action method
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult MyAction(MyModel model)
{
    var file = model.UploadedFile;
}

In the view you posted, only the name attribute is missing to comply with this example code.

<input value="choose file" type="file" id="bulk-upload" name="UploadedFile">