How do I get a physical path where the user upload a file?

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i have a web based application in that application user can login after login it will upload the files.but i can not save the file on my server i just read the data and data will be saved in the database how i get the user directory path where the file exits.

What I have tried:

string path = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("");

Posted 8-Aug-16 10:50am

awaisshabir

Updated 8-Aug-16 16:18pm

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-08T12:28:00

Solution 1

When a user uploads a file it doesn't go to any directory. It's still sitting in the Request object, in the Files collection. It's up to you to get the content and save the files somewhere appropriate.

See this[^] for an example.

Posted 8-Aug-16 12:28pm

Dave Kreskowiak

Wonde Tadesse · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-08T16:18:00

I see you are dealing with MVC6 (as it shown in the question tag). Server.MapPath may not work. You need to deal with IApplicationEnvironment interface, namespace Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions to get the server path. Something like

C#

private readonly IApplicationEnvironment _appEnvironment;
public HomeController(IApplicationEnvironment appEnvironment)
{
    _appEnvironment = appEnvironment;
}

public IActionResult Index()
{
    var rootPath = _appEnvironment.ApplicationBasePath;
    return View();
}

For more look here. Environment Variables in ASP.NET Core Apps[^]