public HttpResponseMessage UploadImage()
{
// Create new FileInfo object and get the Length.
int bucket;
string imageName = null;
var httpRequest = HttpContext.Current.Request;
//upload Image
var postedFile = httpRequest.Files["Image"];
var bucketId = httpRequest["BucketId"];
bucket = Int32.Parse(bucketId);
//Create custom filename
imageName = new String(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(postedFile.FileName).Take(10).ToArray()).Replace(" ", "-");
imageName = imageName + DateTime.Now.ToString("yymmssfff") + Path.GetExtension(postedFile.FileName);
//this is where we create the filePath to be saved
var filePath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Image/" + imageName);
//and this is where we save the file to backend
postedFile.SaveAs(filePath);
//Save to DB
using (ToshlEntities db = new ToshlEntities())
{
product product = new product()
{
//image caption is the imageCaption from the front end it is the same as we wrote the name for caption
name = imageName,
size = postedFile.ContentLength,
modified = DateTime.Now.ToString(),
bucketId = bucket
//image name is the filtered name with max 10 letters with added time at the end
};
db.products.Add(product);
db.SaveChanges();
//}
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created, "it works"));
}
}
