access is denied when trying to upload image to the server using asp.net web api 2

Question

I am trying to upload image to the server with WebAPI C# Code:

 public async Task<string> Post()
    {
        try
        {
            var httpRequest = HttpContext.Current.Request;

            if (httpRequest.Files.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach(string file in httpRequest.Files)
                {
                    var postedFile = httpRequest.Files[file];

                    var filename = postedFile.FileName.Split('\\').LastOrDefault().Split('/').LastOrDefault();

                    var filePath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Uploads/"+ filename);

                    postedFile.SaveAs(filePath);

                    return "/uploads" + filename;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                return "file was not uploaded";
            }
        }

        catch (Exception exception)
        {
            return exception.Message;
        }
        return "hi";
    }

When I upload image through postman, I get

"Access to the path 'c:\\users\\ahmed\\source\\repos\\Election\\Election\\Uploads\\Background.png' is denied."

Answer 1

Check your upload folder permissions. And add everyone permission to upload folder, and test it again. Don't forget remove everyone permission when test is over.