// This method is used to store vehicle photos to the server machine
// and insert the data into Photos table.
public async Task <Photo> UploadPhoto(Vehicle vehicle, IFormFile formFile, byte[] formFileContent,
string targetFilePath)
{
// Create a folder to store vehicle folders individually. Every vehicle photos will be stored in the folder
// named by the vehicle id to reduce the chance to be in the same folder with the file with same name.
var photoDirectory = Path.Combine(FilePaths.VehiclePhotosDirectory, vehicle.Id.ToString());
var physicalStoragePath = Path.Combine(targetFilePath, photoDirectory);
if (!Directory.Exists(physicalStoragePath))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(physicalStoragePath);
}
// Store the file into the server machine and return the file name in the server machine.
var fileName = await _photoStorage.StorePhoto(physicalStoragePath, formFile, formFileContent);
// Create thumbnail for vehicle image and save it to the server.
var originImageFilePath = Path.Combine(physicalStoragePath, fileName);
var thumbNailFilePath = _photoStorage.StoreThumbnail(originImageFilePath);
// Write into database after the file is uploaded successfully.
var photo = new Photo
{
FileName = fileName,
Thumbnail = Path.GetFileName(thumbNailFilePath)
};
vehicle.Photos.Add(photo);
await _unitOfWork.CompleteAsync();
return(photo);
}
