How To Send Uploaded File From Javascript To Controller In MVC?

In my MVC, i have a view and that contains one file upload control and one button. Copy

View

@using (@Html.BeginForm("UploadFile", "Upload", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{
 <table style="border: solid thin; margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px">
     <tr style="margin-top: 10px">
         <td>
             @Html.Label("Select a File to Upload")
             <br />
             <br />
             <input type="file" name="myfile">
             <input type="submit" value="Upload" />
         </td>
     </tr>
 </table>
}

Solution 2:

you cannot send file content via javascript (unless HTMl5). and you are doing totally wrong. if you want to do HTML5 based solution via FileReader api then you need to check this out. FileReader Api

Just put a form tag and use the same name of the input in the controller action to perform model binding

@using(Html.BeginForm("yourAction","YourControl",FormMethod.Post))
{
 <input type="file" id="fileUpload" />
}

then in controller.

[HTTPPost]
public ActionResult Final(HttpPostedFileBase fileUpload)
  {
     //here i have got the files value is null.
  }

Solution 3:

Below code will do a full post back in an hidden form which will give an illusion of ajax file upload. Try it:

Update:

JS

function Upload(sender) {
    var iframe = $("<iframe>").hide();
    var newForm = $("<FORM>");
    newForm.attr({ method: "POST", enctype: "multipart/form-data", action: "/ControllerName/Final" });        
    var $this = $(sender), $clone = $this.clone();
    $this.after($clone).appendTo($(newForm));
    iframe.appendTo($("html")).contents().find('body').html($(newForm));
    newForm.submit();
}

HTML

<input type="file" id="Uploadfile" name="Uploadfile" />
<input type="button" onclick="Upload($('#UploadFile'));"/>

Controller

public ActionResult Final(HttpPostedFileBase Uploadfile)
{
     //here you can use uploaded file
}

Solution 4:

As a completion from Ravi's answer, I would suggest to use the following using statement:

@using(Html.BeginForm("yourAction","YourControl",FormMethod.Post, new { enctype="multipart/form-data" }))
{
   <input type="file" id="fileUpload" />
}

Solution 5:

You can do it by using json data to view.

As instance,

Controller

public ActionResult Products(string categoryid)
{
List<catProducts> lst = bindProducts(categoryid);
return View(lst);
}   
public JsonResult Productsview(string categoryid)
{
//write your logic
var Data = new { ok = true, catid = categoryid};
return  Json(Data, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

View:

@{
ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

@model ASP.NETMVC.Controllers.Categories

<h2>List Of Categories</h2>

@Html.ListBox("lst_categories", (IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)  ViewBag.Categories)


<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {

$('#lst_categories').change(function () {

var catid = $('#lst_categories :selected').val();

$.ajax({
url: '@Url.Action("Productsview", "Jquery")',
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'json',
data: { categoryid: catid },
cache: false,

success: function (Data) {
if (Data.ok) {

var link = "@Url.Action("Products", "Jquery", new { categoryid = "catid" })";
link = link.replace("catid", Data.catid);
alert(link);
window.location.href = link;
}
}
});
});
});
</script>