What is the alternative of Httpcontext.Current.Request.Files in Asp.Net Core 2.0?

Question

I referred this, which suggests that I can use IHttpContextAccessor to access HttpContext.Current. But I want to specifically receive files which that object doesn't seem to have.

So is there any alternative for Httpcontext.Current.Request.Files in Asp.Net Core 2.0

@Kirk Sorry yes, I have updated the question. It is `IHttpContextAccessor`. But its object does not have `HttpContext.Current` or `Request.Files` property. It is deprecated in Core I think. And I am not finding its alternative. — Karan Desai, Nov 01 '17 at 08:13
Related post - [MVC 6 HttpPostedFileBase?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/29836342/465053) — RBT, Sep 21 '21 at 11:30

score 29 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 01 '17 at 08:14

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Inside controller context and in action you can access files via HttpContext.Request.Form.Files:

public IActionResult Index()
{
    var files = HttpContext.Request.Form.Files;

    return View();
}

and outside controller you have to inject IHttpContextAccessor.

for upload file read File uploads in ASP.NET Core.

answered Nov 01 '17 at 08:14

Mohsen Esmailpour

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Woah..They migrated it to `Form`. I didn't notice it! Thanks :) – Karan Desai Nov 01 '17 at 08:17

Robert · Answer 2 · 2017-11-01T08:31:08.790

Uploading file in Asp.Net Core 2.0 is done with an interface IFormFile that you would take as a parameter in your post action.

Lets say you have an ajax post that will call the POST action and upload a file. You would first create the form data.

var data = new FormData();

data.set("file", $("#uploadControl").val())

$.ajax({
   type: "POST",
   url: "upload",
   data: data,
   contentType: false,
   processData: false
});

Your action would look like this

[HttpPost]
public IActionResult Upload(IFormFile file)
{
   //save the file
}

Please do not copy/paste this as this is just the general idea of how to do it.

Thanks. I will try this method and revert you – Karan Desai Nov 01 '17 at 08:21 — Karan Desai, Nov 01 '17 at 08:21

What is the alternative of Httpcontext.Current.Request.Files in Asp.Net Core 2.0?

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