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user6347596
user6347596

Reputation:

The given path's format is not supported. Error during file download from Asp.net Api

Here i Wrote simple c# code for Download Excel sheet from WebApi but during the download im Getting Error As The given path's format is not supported. please Help Me

 public HttpResponseMessage GetTestFile()
        {
            HttpResponseMessage result = null;
         //   var localFilePath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(@"~/C:/Temp/3c575edb-bf53-470c-a8b6-aa4234e796c0");
           var localFilePath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(@"~/C:/Temp/3c575edb-bf53-470c-a8b6-aa4234e796c0");


            if (!File.Exists(localFilePath))
            {
                result = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Gone);
            }
            else
            {
                // Serve the file to the client
                result = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
                result.Content = new StreamContent(new FileStream(localFilePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read));
                result.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition = new System.Net.Http.Headers.ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment");
                result.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition.FileName = "SampleImg";
            }

            return result;
        }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1327

Answers (1)

Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda

Reputation: 648

MapPath works only for the files in your virtual directory, not the files outside your project. So always include the files that you need into your project and then use mappath.
var localFilePath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Temp/3c575edb-bf53-470c-a8b6-aa4234e796c0");

localFilePath //it will contain your_project_path/Temp/3c575edb-bf53-470c-a8b6-aa4234e796c0
e.g: F:\projectname\Temp\3c575edb-bf53-470c-a8b6-aa4234e796c0

Upvotes: 1

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