Streaming large file uploads to ASP.NET MVC

Question

For an application I\'m working on, I need to allow the user to upload very large files--i.e., potentially many gigabytes--via our website. Unfortunately, ASP.NET MVC appea

Answer 1

It turns out that my initial code was basically correct; the only change required was to change

request.ContentLength = clientRequest.InputStream.Length;

to

request.ContentLength = clientRequest.ContentLength;

The former streams in the entire request to determine the content length; the latter merely checks the Content-Length header, which only requires that the headers have been sent in full. This allows IIS to begin streaming the request almost immediately, which completely eliminates the original problem.