Upload file with WebRequest
suggest changeTo send a file and form data in single request, content should have multipart/form-data type.
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Net; using System.Threading.Tasks; public async Task<string> UploadFile(string url, string filename, Dictionary<string, object> postData) { var request = WebRequest.CreateHttp(url); var boundary = $"{Guid.NewGuid():N}"; // boundary will separate each parameter request.ContentType = $"multipart/form-data; {nameof(boundary)}={boundary}"; request.Method = "POST"; using (var requestStream = request.GetRequestStream()) using (var writer = new StreamWriter(requestStream)) { foreach (var data in postData) await writer.WriteAsync( // put all POST data into request $"\r\n--{boundary}\r\nContent-Disposition: " + $"form-data; name=\"{data.Key}\"\r\n\r\n{data.Value}"); await writer.WriteAsync( // file header $"\r\n--{boundary}\r\nContent-Disposition: " + $"form-data; name=\"File\"; filename=\"{Path.GetFileName(filename)}\"\r\n" + "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n"); await writer.FlushAsync(); using (var fileStream = File.OpenRead(filename)) await fileStream.CopyToAsync(requestStream); await writer.WriteAsync($"\r\n--{boundary}--\r\n"); } using (var response = (HttpWebResponse) await request.GetResponseAsync()) using (var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream()) { if (responseStream == null) return string.Empty; using (var reader = new StreamReader(responseStream)) return await reader.ReadToEndAsync(); } }
Usage:
var response = await uploader.UploadFile("< YOUR URL >", "< PATH TO YOUR FILE >", new Dictionary<string, object> { {"Comment", "test"}, {"Modified", DateTime.Now } });
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