How to upload photo to a server from .net winforms?

Question

I have created a window form application in C#. There is a user registration section where user details are filled and a photo is uploaded. How to upload photo a common location in server not in client system. I need to upload the picture of user to a location in server so that the website section of the application can show the picture in the profile of user.

Is this website on your intranet or is it somewhere outside on the internet? — Filburt, Aug 31 '11 at 13:03

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 31 '11 at 15:10

I would actually store the information including the picture in the database, so it's available from all your other applications.

if you simply want to copy a raw file from client computer to a centralized location, as a starting point:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    WebClient myWebClient = new WebClient();
    string fileName = textBox1.Text;
    string _path = Application.StartupPath;
    MessageBox.Show(_path);
    _path = _path.Replace("Debug", "Images");
    MessageBox.Show(_path);
    myWebClient.UploadFile(_path,fileName);
}

private void btnBrowse_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    OpenFileDialog ofDlg = new OpenFileDialog();
    ofDlg.Filter = "JPG|*.jpg|GIF|*.gif|PNG|*.png|BMP|*.bmp";
    if (DialogResult.OK == ofDlg.ShowDialog())
    {
        textBox1.Text = ofDlg.FileName;
        button1.Enabled = true;
    }
    else
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Go ahead, select a file!");
    }
}

yeah i want to store the images to a location in online server like "http//Sitename/Images/uploadedPhoto" not to client system — deepu, Aug 31 '11 at 13:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 31 '11 at 13:55

Maybe best way is to use an FTP Server ,if you can install it . Than you can upload file's using this code

FileInfo toUpload = new FileInfo("FileName");
System.Net.FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://serverip/FileName");
request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile;
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("UserName","Password");
Stream ftpStream = request.GetRequestStream();
FileStream file = File.OpenRead(files);
int length = 1024;
byte[] buffer = new byte[length];
int bytesRead = 0;
do
{
    bytesRead = file.Read(buffer, 0, length);
    ftpStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
}
while (bytesRead != 0);
file.Close();
ftpStream.Close();

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/566462/upload-files-with-httpwebrequest-multipart-form-data — Rosmarine Popcorn, Sep 02 '11 at 11:47

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 07 '16 at 06:13

upload a file to FTP server using C# from our local hard disk.

private void UploadFileToFTP()
{
   FtpWebRequest ftpReq = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://www.server.com/sample.txt");

   ftpReq.UseBinary = true;
   ftpReq.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile;
   ftpReq.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("user", "pass");

   byte[] b = File.ReadAllBytes(@"E:\sample.txt");
   ftpReq.ContentLength = b.Length;
   using (Stream s = ftpReq.GetRequestStream())
   {
        s.Write(b, 0, b.Length);
   }

   FtpWebResponse ftpResp = (FtpWebResponse)ftpReq.GetResponse();

   if (ftpResp != null)
   {
         if(ftpResp.StatusDescription.StartsWith("226"))
         {
              Console.WriteLine("File Uploaded.");
         }
   }
}

How to upload photo to a server from .net winforms?

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