public IActionResult Create(CreateViewModel model)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
string uniqueFileName = null;
// If the Photo property on the incoming model object is not null, then the user
// has selected an image to upload.
if (model.Photo != null)
{
// The image must be uploaded to the images folder in wwwroot
// To get the path of the wwwroot folder we are using the inject
// HostingEnvironment service provided by ASP.NET Core
string uploadsFolder = Path.Combine(hostingEnvironment.WebRootPath, "images");
// To make sure the file name is unique we are appending a new
// GUID value and and an underscore to the file name
uniqueFileName = Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + "_" + model.Photo.FileName;
string filePath = Path.Combine(uploadsFolder, uniqueFileName);
// Use CopyTo() method provided by IFormFile interface to
// copy the file to wwwroot/images folder
model.Photo.CopyTo(new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create));
}
Employee newEmployee = new Employee
{
Name = model.Name,
Email = model.Email,
Department = model.Department,
// Store the file name in PhotoPath property of the employee object
// which gets saved to the Employees database table
PhotoPath = uniqueFileName
};
_employee.ADD(newEmployee);
return(RedirectToAction("details", new { id = newEmployee.Id }));
}
return(View());
}