Webapi formdata upload (to DB) with extra parameters

Question

I need to upload file sending extra paramaters.

I have found the following post in stackoverflow: Webapi ajax formdata upload with extra parameters

It descri

Answer 1

Ultimately, the following was what worked for me:

string root = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/App_Data");

var provider = new MultipartFormDataStreamProvider(root);

var filesReadToProvider = await Request.Content.ReadAsMultipartAsync(provider);

foreach (var file in provider.FileData)
{
    var fileName = file.Headers.ContentDisposition.FileName.Replace("\"", string.Empty);
    byte[] documentData;

    documentData = File.ReadAllBytes(file.LocalFileName);

    DAL.Document newRecord = new DAL.Document
    {
        PathologyRequestId = PathologyRequestId,
        FileName = fileName,
        DocumentData = documentData,
        CreatedById = ApplicationSecurityDirector.CurrentUserGuid,
        CreatedDate = DateTime.Now,
        UpdatedById = ApplicationSecurityDirector.CurrentUserGuid,
        UpdatedDate = DateTime.Now
    };

    context.Documents.Add(newRecord);

    context.SaveChanges();
}