Submitting multiple files to ASP.NET controller accepting an ICollection

Question

In my ASP.NET Core backend, I have a controller function that looks like this:

[HttpPost]
[Route(\"documents/upload\")]
public async Task

        

Answer 1

Reference Uploading multiple files at once - with Fetch

uploadDocuments(endPoint, files) {
    var postSettings = {
        method: 'POST',
        credentials: 'include',
        mode: 'cors'
    };
    var data = new FormData();
    if(files.length > 1) {
        for(var x = 0; x < files.length; x++) {
            data.append('file' + x, files.item(x));    
        }
    } else {
        data.append('files', files);   
    }
    postSettings.body = data;

    return fetch(endPoint + '/documents/upload', postSettings);
}

Reference Uploading small files with model binding

When uploading files using model binding and the IFormFile interface, the action method can accept either a single IFormFile or an IEnumerable<IFormFile> (or List<IFormFile>) representing several files. The following example loops through one or more uploaded files, saves them to the local file system, and returns the total number and size of files uploaded.

[HttpPost]
[Route("documents/upload")]
public async Task<IActionResult> Post(List<IFormFile> files)
{
    long size = files.Sum(f => f.Length);

    // full path to file in temp location
    var filePath = Path.GetTempFileName();

    foreach (var formFile in files)
    {
        if (formFile.Length > 0)
        {
            using (var stream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create))
            {
                await formFile.CopyToAsync(stream);
            }
        }
    }

    // process uploaded files
    // Don't rely on or trust the FileName property without validation.

    return Ok(new { count = files.Count, size, filePath});
}