How to save Images to database using ASP.NET Core?

Question

I am working on a small blog using ASP.NET Core(MVC 6) EF Visual Studio. I have trouble finding how to save images to a database. I have read about IFormfile bu

Answer 1

You can use IFormFile to save image posted from view. Below is the sample code.

public class UserProfileViewModel
    {
        public string UserName { get; set; }
        public IFormFile UploadedImage { get; set; }
        public string ImageUrl { get; set; }
    }

In view simply bind it with IFormFile property like:

In your controller you just need to save file on server like:

var filename = ContentDispositionHeaderValue
                                    .Parse(user.UploadedImage.ContentDisposition)
                                    .FileName
                                    .Trim('"');
                    filename = Path.Combine(webRoot, "/Content/UserProfile/", $@"\{filename}");
                    if (Directory.Exists(webRoot + "/Content/UserProfile/"))
                    {
                        using (FileStream fs = System.IO.File.Create(filename))
                        {
                            user.UploadedImage.CopyTo(fs);
                            fs.Flush();
                        }
                    }
model.ImageURL = "~/Content/Brands/" + user.UploadedImage.FileName;