I'm attempting to pass a file to my Controller as a HttpPostedFileBase so I can parse through the file and pass information back to the page. For example, I want to allow a user to import a vCard, and have it automatically populate a Contact Creation Form PartialView.
I'd like to do this by passing in the File, populating my model and then return a PartialView of the Form to display on the page. I've attempted jQuery like below, but I can never get my HttpPostedFileBase to pass properly (always null). Keeping in mind that I need to access the InputStream of the file once posted.
var file = "files=" + $("#fileInput").files[0];
$.post("/Contacts/UploadContact/", file, function (returnHtml) {
alert(returnHtml);
$("#contactContainer").html(returnHtml);
});
Is it possible to post a file to my Controller as a HttpPostedFileBase via jQuery?
Same result can be achieved without `jquery` usage, merely you can use `XMLHttpRequest`
Example:
**Index.cshtml**
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/scripts.js")" ></script>
<input type="file" id="fileInput" />
<input type='button' id='go' value="go" />
$('#fileInput').on("change", function () {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
var VideofileS = new FormData($('form').get(0));
xhr.open("POST", "/Contact/UploadContact/");
xhr.send(VideofileS);
xhr.addEventListener("load", function (event) {
alert(event.target.response);
}, false);
});
});