Is there any class, library or some piece of code which will help me to upload files with HTTPWebrequest?
Edit 2:
I do not
There is another working example with some my comments :
List mimeParts = new List();
try
{
foreach (string key in form.AllKeys)
{
StringMimePart part = new StringMimePart();
part.Headers["Content-Disposition"] = "form-data; name=\"" + key + "\"";
part.StringData = form[key];
mimeParts.Add(part);
}
int nameIndex = 0;
foreach (UploadFile file in files)
{
StreamMimePart part = new StreamMimePart();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(file.FieldName))
file.FieldName = "file" + nameIndex++;
part.Headers["Content-Disposition"] = "form-data; name=\"" + file.FieldName + "\"; filename=\"" + file.FileName + "\"";
part.Headers["Content-Type"] = file.ContentType;
part.SetStream(file.Data);
mimeParts.Add(part);
}
string boundary = "----------" + DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString("x");
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary;
req.Method = "POST";
long contentLength = 0;
byte[] _footer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("--" + boundary + "--\r\n");
foreach (MimePart part in mimeParts)
{
contentLength += part.GenerateHeaderFooterData(boundary);
}
req.ContentLength = contentLength + _footer.Length;
byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
byte[] afterFile = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("\r\n");
int read;
using (Stream s = req.GetRequestStream())
{
foreach (MimePart part in mimeParts)
{
s.Write(part.Header, 0, part.Header.Length);
while ((read = part.Data.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)
s.Write(buffer, 0, read);
part.Data.Dispose();
s.Write(afterFile, 0, afterFile.Length);
}
s.Write(_footer, 0, _footer.Length);
}
return (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();
}
catch
{
foreach (MimePart part in mimeParts)
if (part.Data != null)
part.Data.Dispose();
throw;
}
And there is example of using :
UploadFile[] files = new UploadFile[]
{
new UploadFile(@"C:\2.jpg","new_file","image/jpeg") //new_file is id of upload field
};
NameValueCollection form = new NameValueCollection();
form["id_hidden_input"] = "value_hidden_inpu"; //there is additional param (hidden fields on page)
HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(full URL of action);
// set credentials/cookies etc.
req.CookieContainer = hrm.CookieContainer; //hrm is my class. i copied all cookies from last request to current (for auth)
HttpWebResponse resp = HttpUploadHelper.Upload(req, files, form);
using (Stream s = resp.GetResponseStream())
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(s))
{
string response = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
//profit!