Can an ASP.NET MVC controller return an Image?

Question

Can I create a Controller that simply returns an image asset?

I would like to route this logic through a controller, whenever a URL such as the following is requeste

Answer 1

Below code utilizes System.Drawing.Bitmap to load the image.

using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;

public IActionResult Get()
{
    string filename = "Image/test.jpg";
    var bitmap = new Bitmap(filename);

    var ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
    bitmap.Save(ms, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
    ms.Position = 0;
    return new FileStreamResult(ms, "image/jpeg");
}