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File Upload Tutorial

Uploading a file in an ASP.NET Zero application is not different than a regular ASP.NET Core & Angular application. In this tutorial, we will implement a file upload functionality in ASP.NET Zero. We will also send an additional field to server while uploading a file.

This tutorial assumes that, you already have a valid ASP.NET Zero license and already created an empty project by following Getting Started document.

Host Part

Create Model

First, create a class named FileUploadViewModel in *.Web.Host\Models folder. This class will be used to transfer additional parameters during the upload process:

public class FileUploadImageViewModel
{
    public string Description { get; set; }
}

Define the Permission

Go to AppAuthorizationProvider class in the server side and add a new permission as shown below (you can add just below the dashboard permission):

pages.CreateChildPermission(AppPermissions.Pages_FileUpload, L("FileUpload"), multiTenancySides: MultiTenancySides.Tenant);

A permission should have a unique name. We define permission names as constant strings in AppPermissions class. It's a simple constant string:

public const string Pages_FileUpload = "Pages.FileUpload";

Unique name of this permission is "Pages.FileUpload". While you can set any string (as long as it's unique), it's suggested to use that convention. A permission can have a localizable display name: "FileUpload" here.

Create Controller

Then, create a controller named FileUploadController in *.Web.Host\Controllers folder. This controller will handle the upload process:

[AbpMvcAuthorize(AppPermissions.Pages_FileUpload)]
public class FileUploadController : AbpZeroTemplateControllerBase
{
    private readonly IHostEnvironment _env;
    public FileUploadController(IHostEnvironment env)
    {
        _env = env;
    }
    
    [HttpPost]
    public async Task<string> UploadFile(FileUploadViewModel model)
    {
       	var image = Request.Form.Files.First();
        var uniqueFileName = GetUniqueFileName(image.FileName);
        var dir = Path.Combine(_env.ContentRootPath, "Images");
        if (!Directory.Exists(dir))
        {
            Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
        }
        var filePath = Path.Combine(dir, uniqueFileName);
        await image.CopyToAsync(new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create));
        SaveImagePathToDb(model.Description, filePath);
        return uniqueFileName;
    }
    
    private string GetUniqueFileName(string fileName)
    {
        fileName = Path.GetFileName(fileName);
        return Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName)
               + "_"
               + Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Substring(0, 4)
               + Path.GetExtension(fileName);
    }
    
    private void SaveImagePathToDb(string description, string filepath)
    {
        //todo: description and file path to db
    }
}

The server side of the implementation is done. Let's move to Angular application.

UI Part

  • Go to angular folder in your project.

  • Open a terminal and run cd src\app\admin.

Generate Component

  • Run ng g component file-upload. That will create a component in admin folder.

Go to generated file-upload.component.ts file and change the content as seen below:

import { Component, Injector, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { FileUploader, FileUploaderOptions, FileItem } from 'ng2-file-upload';
import { AppComponentBase } from '@shared/common/app-component-base';
import { ProfileServiceProxy } from '@shared/service-proxies/service-proxies';
import { IAjaxResponse, TokenService } from '@node_modules/abp-ng2-module';
import { AppConsts } from '@shared/AppConsts';
import { appModuleAnimation } from '@shared/animations/routerTransition';
@Component({
  templateUrl: './file-upload.component.html',
  animations: [appModuleAnimation()],
})
export class FileUploadComponent extends AppComponentBase implements OnInit {
  public uploader: FileUploader;
  private _uploaderOptions: FileUploaderOptions = {};
  description: string;

  constructor(injector: Injector, private _tokenService: TokenService) {
      super(injector);
  }

  ngOnInit() {
      this.initFileUploader();
  }

  initFileUploader(): void {
      this.uploader = new FileUploader({ url: AppConsts.remoteServiceBaseUrl + '/FileUpload/UploadFile' });
      this._uploaderOptions.autoUpload = false;
      this._uploaderOptions.authToken = 'Bearer ' + this._tokenService.getToken();
      this._uploaderOptions.removeAfterUpload = true;
      this.uploader.onAfterAddingFile = (file) => {
          file.withCredentials = false;
      };

      this.uploader.onBuildItemForm = (fileItem: FileItem, form: any) => {
          form.append('Description', this.description);
      };

      this.uploader.onSuccessItem = (item, response, status) => {
          const resp = <IAjaxResponse>JSON.parse(response);
          if (resp.success) {
              this.message.success(this.l('FileSavedSuccessfully', response));
          } else {
              this.message.error(resp.error.message);
          }
      };

      this.uploader.setOptions(this._uploaderOptions);
  }

  save(): void {
      this.uploader.uploadAll();
  }

  fileChangeEvent(event: any): void {
      this.uploader.clearQueue();
      this.uploader.addToQueue([event.target.files[0]]);
  }
}

Go to generated file-upload.component.html file and change the content as seen below:

<div [@routerTransition]>
    <div class="content d-flex flex-column flex-column-fluid">
        <sub-header [title]="'FileUpload' | localize">
        </sub-header>
        <div [class]="containerClass">
            <div class="card card-custom">
                <div class="card-body">
                    <form id="fileUploadForm" enctype="multipart/form-data" #fileUploadForm="ngForm"
                        (ngSubmit)="save()">
                        <div class="mb-3">
                            <label for="Description" class="form-label">{{"Description" | localize}}</label>
                            <input class="form-control" type="text" id="Description" name="Description"
                            [(ngModel)]="description" required>
                        </div>

                        <div class="mb-3">
                            <label for="Image" class="form-label">{{"Image" | localize}}</label>
                            <input class="form-control" type="file" id="Image" name="Image" required
                                (change)="fileChangeEvent($event)">
                        </div>
                        <button type="submit"
                                class="btn btn-light-primary font-weight-bold close-button"
                                [disabled]="!fileUploadForm.form.valid">{{"Upload" | localize}}
                        </button>
                    </form>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Create Angular Modules

Now we should create a file-upload.module.ts and file-upload-routing.module.ts view in the same file-upload folder:

file-upload-routing.module.ts

  import {NgModule} from '@angular/core';
  import {RouterModule, Routes} from '@angular/router';
  import {FileUploadComponent} from './file-upload.component';

  const routes: Routes = [{
      path: '',
      component: FileUploadComponent,
      pathMatch: 'full'
  }];

  @NgModule({
      imports: [RouterModule.forChild(routes)],
      exports: [RouterModule],
  })
  export class FileUploadRoutingModule {}

file-upload.module.ts

  import {NgModule} from '@angular/core';
  import { AppSharedModule } from '@app/shared/app-shared.module';
  import {FileUploadRoutingModule} from './file-upload-routing.module';
  import {FileUploadComponent} from './file-upload.component';
  import { SubheaderModule } from '@app/shared/common/sub-header/subheader.module';
  @NgModule({
      declarations: [FileUploadComponent],
      imports: [AppSharedModule, FileUploadRoutingModule, SubheaderModule],
  })
  export class FileUploadModule {}

Add Routings

Go to src\app\shared\layout\nav\app-navigation.service.ts and add new menu item:

new AppMenuItem('FileUpload', 'Pages.FileUpload', 'flaticon-file-1', '/app/admin/fileUpload'),

Go to src\app\admin\admin-routing.module.ts and add new route for file upload page:

{
    path: 'fileUpload',
    loadChildren: () => import('./file-upload/file-upload.module').then((m) => m.FileUploadModule),
    data: { permission: 'Pages.FileUpload' }
},

Final Result

Then you will have a file upload page as seen below:

file-upload-tutorial-page-result

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