I have a method in a controller named 'Upload' with a parameter HttpPostedFileBase
object,
I posted the file from view and saved it to folder successfully. But When I try to return a JSON string object with below contents, it throws an exception with message:
"Error getting value from 'ReadTimeout' on 'System.Web.HttpInputStream'."
And in case of 'files = files,' line if I delete it, it returns correctly. But I need this data
public string Upload(HttpPostedFileBase files)
{
try
{
if (files != null && files.ContentLength > 0)
{
var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Uploads"), files.FileName);
files.SaveAs(path);
return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
new
{
files=files,
Passed = true,
Mesaj = "item added"
});
}
}
}
You can create custom JsonConverter like this:
public class HttpPostedFileConverter : JsonConverter
{
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
{
var stream = (Stream)value;
using (var sr = new BinaryReader(stream))
{
var buffer = sr.ReadBytes((int)stream.Length);
writer.WriteValue(Convert.ToBase64String(buffer));
}
}
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
public override bool CanRead
{
get { return false; }
}
public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
{
return objectType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Stream));
}
}
And pass it to JsonConvert.SerializeObject method
return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
new
{
files=files,
Passed = true,
Mesaj = "item added"
},
new HttpPostedFileConverter());