Is there any way to display image in client browser without uploading it to server?

Question

I am writing a simple \"Book\" create page in ASP.NET MVC. User can create book by filling title,year etc.. and selecting a cover image. When user press \"Create\" button Form

Answer 1

Due to security reasons, you will not be able to display the images to the users without uploading them to the server. Displaying images from file system is considered a security risk.

EDIT: To remove the unused images, you can create a thread to run a cleanup routine to which will delete them from the upload directory regularly.