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user2802591
user2802591

Reputation: 71

Path is not a valid virtual path while uploading image to server in asp.net mvc

I want to upload image to the server, but image can be uploaded locally to a project folder with ~/images/profile, but if I use full path, it does not upload to the server. The code which I am using is given below with a sample url. Please help to solve my problem. I have seen other links of stackoverflow, but they are not working. It gives error message of path is not a valid. Virtual path and the SaveAs method is configured to require a rooted path, and the path is not rooted.

public ActionResult FileUpload(HttpPostedFileBase file, tbl_Image model)
{
    if (file != null)
    {
        string pic = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
        string path = System.IO.Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("http://sampleApp.com/images/profile/"), pic);
        file.SaveAs(path);
        db.AddTotbl_Image(new tbl_Image() { imagepath = "http://sampleApp.com/images/profile/" + pic });
        db.SaveChanges();
    }

    return View("FileUploaded", db.tbl_Image.ToList());
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 11293

Answers (2)

Jeyhun Rahimov
Jeyhun Rahimov

Reputation: 3787

Why do you use site name ("http://sampleApp.com") in your code? I think you don't need that on saving.

public ActionResult FileUpload(HttpPostedFileBase file, tbl_Image model)
{
    if (file != null)
    {
        string fileName = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
        string fullPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/images/profile"), fileName);
        file.SaveAs(fullPath);
        db.AddTotbl_Image(new tbl_Image() { imagepath = "http://sampleApp.com/images/profile/" + fileName });
        db.SaveChanges();
    }

    return View("FileUploaded", db.tbl_Image.ToList());
}

You also can save only fileName in db for general goal. Because in future URL can change. (By domain name, SSL etc.)

Upvotes: 1

Patrick Hofman
Patrick Hofman

Reputation: 156978

Server.MapPath should not contain an url. That's for sure.

Also, don't use

string pic = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);

but just

string pic = file.FileName;

Upvotes: 0

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