MVC 3 image upload path

Question

I m trying to upload an image and a thumbnail.

I have set the upload path in web.config as <add key="UploadPath" value="/Images"/>

when i upload the image, it get the full path of the hard drive and folder that application is in|:

D:\Projects\Social\FooApp\FooApp.BackOffice\Images\image_n.jpg

But i just want /images/image_n.jpg

I m using Path.Combine do u think that the reason?

how can i resolve this?

this is the code|:\\

foreach (var file in files)
                {
                    if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0)
                    {
                        var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
                        if (fileName != null) originalFile = Server.MapPath(upload_path) + DateTime.Now.Ticks + "_ " + fileName;


                        file.SaveAs(originalFile); 

                        images.Add(originalFile);
                    }
                }

Answer 1

You need to use HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath .

Returns the physical file path that corresponds to the specified virtual path on the Web server.

Your code can look something like this:

Path.Combine(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Images"), fileName);

*EDIT - I'm adding to the code you've provided above. It would look something like this.

foreach (var file in files)
{
    if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0)
    {
        var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
        var uploadPath = "~/Images"; //This is where you would grab from the Web.Config. Make sure to add the ~

        if (fileName != null) {
            var originalFile = Path.Combine(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(uploadPath), DateTime.Now.Ticks + "_ " + fileName);
            file.SaveAs(originalFile); 
            images.Add(originalFile);
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

I assume this code is in one of your controllers. Have you tried:

Server.MapPath(yourPath);