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Open filestream from sharepoint file

I want to open a filestream from a sharepoint file (Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File) but I don't seem to find out how.
I only have access to Microsoft.SharePoint.Client because the Microsoft.SharePoint package can't be installed due to some errors.
This is the code I have so far:
ClientContext ctx = new ClientContext("https://factionxyz0.sharepoint.com/sites/faktion-devs");
ctx.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File temp = ctx.Web.GetFileByServerRelativeUrl(filePath);
FileStream fs = new FileStream(???);

You can only create a System.IO.FileStream if the file exists on a physical disk (or is mapped to a disk via the Operating System).
Workaround: Are you able to access the raw URL of the file? In which case, download the file to disk (if the size is appropriate) and then read from there.
For example:
var httpClient = new HttpClient();
// HTTP GET Request
var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(... SharePoint URL ...);
// Get the Content Stream
var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsSteamAsync();
// Create a temporary file
var tempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
using (var fs = File.OpenWrite(tempFile))
{
await stream.CopyToAsync(fs);
}
// tempFile now contains your file locally, you can access it like
var fileStream = File.OpenRead(tempFile);
// Make sure you delete the temporary file after using it
File.Delete(tempFile);

FileStream must map to a file. The following code demonstrates how to get a stream via CSOM, then we can convert it to FileStream by using a temp file.
ResourcePath filepath = ResourcePath.FromDecodedUrl(filename);
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File temp = context.Web.GetFileByServerRelativePath(filepath);
ClientResult<System.IO.Stream> crstream = temp.OpenBinaryStream();
context.Load(temp);
context.ExecuteQuery();
var tempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
FileStream fs = System.IO.File.OpenWrite(tempFile);
if (crstream.Value != null){
crstream.Value.CopyTo(fs);
}
As for Azure function temp storage, you may take a reference of following thread:
Azure Functions Temp storage
Or you can store data to Azure storage:
Upload data to blob storage with Azure Functions
Best Regards,
Baker Kong

Been a while since the question was asked, however, this is how I solved this while I was working on a project. Obviously passing in the credentials directly like this isn't the best way, but due to timing constraints I was not able to convert this project into a newer version of .NET and use Azure AD.
Note that the class is implementing an interface.
public void SetServer(string domainName) {
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(domainName)) throw new Exception("Invalid domain name. Name cannot be null");
_server = domainName.Trim('/').Trim('\\');
}
private string MapPath(string urlPath) {
var url = string.Join("/", _server, urlPath);
return url.Trim('/');
}
public ISharePointDocument GetDocument(string path, string fileName) {
var serverPath = MapPath(path);
var filePath = string.Join("/", serverPath, TemplateLibrary, fileName).Trim('/');
var document = new SharePointDocument();
var data = GetClientStream(path, fileName);
using(var memoryStream = new MemoryStream()) {
if (data == null) return document;
data.CopyTo(memoryStream);
var byteArray = memoryStream.ToArray();
document = new SharePointDocument {
FullPath = filePath,
Bytes = byteArray
};
}
return document;
}
public Stream GetClientStream(string path, string fileName) {
var serverPath = MapPath(path);
var filePath = string.Join("/", serverPath, TemplateLibrary, fileName).Trim('/');
var context = GetClientContext(serverPath);
var web = context.Web;
context.Load(web);
context.ExecuteQuery();
var file = web.GetListItem(filePath).File;
var data = file.OpenBinaryStream();
context.Load(file);
context.ExecuteQuery();
return data.Value;
}
private static ClientContext GetClientContext(string serverPath) {
var context = new ClientContext(serverPath) {
Credentials = new SharePointOnlineCredentials("example#example.com", GetPassword())
};
return context;
}
private static SecureString GetPassword() {
const string password = "XYZ";
var securePassword = new SecureString();
foreach(var c in password.ToCharArray()) securePassword.AppendChar(c);
return securePassword;
}

How to download a png file with ASP.NET Core

I need the user to be able to download png images from my site. When the mthod runs it completes without errors but no image is downloaded. I do not need the user to see a pop-up dialog thought it is certainly helpful. This is what I have right now:
public async Task<IActionResult> DownloadImage(string filename)
{
var path = Path.GetFullPath("./wwwroot/images/school-assets/" + filename);
MemoryStream memory = new MemoryStream();
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open))
{
await stream.CopyToAsync(memory);
}
memory.Position = 0;
return File(memory, "image/png", "download");
}
This method is called by an ajax call in the view that looks like this
$.ajax({
url: "./MyHome/DownloadImage",
type: "Get",
data: {filename : filename},
success: function (file) {
},
error: function (request, status, error) {
console.log(request.responseText);
}
});
}
Edit:
If i console.log file in the success portion i see a string of bytes so I know it is creating the file but not letting the user get to i. I have tried content disposition and creating a physical file result as suggested.

For File, you need to provide the file name with file extension, otherwise, the downloaded file will not be able to open.
Try something like
public async Task<IActionResult> DownloadImage(string filename)
{
var path = Path.GetFullPath("./wwwroot/images/school-assets/" + filename);
MemoryStream memory = new MemoryStream();
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open))
{
await stream.CopyToAsync(memory);
}
memory.Position = 0;
return File(memory, "image/png", Path.GetFileName(path));
}

You need to set the content dispositon type to enable direct downloading of the file :
public IActionResult OnGetPng()
{
var bytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes("test.png");
var cd = new System.Net.Mime.ContentDisposition
{
FileName = "test.png",
Inline = false
};
Response.Headers.Add("Content-Disposition", cd.ToString());
Response.Headers.Add("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff");
return File(bytes, "image/png");
}
If you prefer you can also make use of the PhysicalFileResult type which takes care of your stream and return FileResult from your controller. In that case your code looks like this:
var fn = Path.Combine(env.WebRootPath, "test.png");
var contentDisposition = new System.Net.Http.Headers.ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment");
Response.Headers[HeaderNames.ContentDisposition] = contentDisposition.ToString();
return new PhysicalFileResult(fn, "image/jpeg");
To get access to the WebRootPath you have to inject IHostingEnvironment env into your constructor.

#Caleb sir from below code you can download png file.
Download png file from folder
[HttpGet]
public FileStreamResult DownloadPngFile(string fileName)
{
var stream = new FileStream(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "\\wwwroot\\images\\school-assets\\" + fileName, FileMode.Open);
return new FileStreamResult(stream, "image/png");
}
Download png file from database
[HttpGet]
public FileStreamResult DownloadPngFileFromDataBase(string id)
{
var _fileUpload = _db.ImageFileUpload.SingleOrDefault(aa => aa.fileid == id);
// _fileUpload.FileContent column type is byte
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(_fileUpload.FileContent);
return new FileStreamResult(ms, "image/png");
}
For more info please also see this question and answer. Download Pdf file in asp.net core (accepted answer) and one more extra link
Download files in asp.net core

This code can save photos from URL addresses in the server folder.
private readonly Lazy<HttpClient> _client;
In constructor:
_client = new Lazy<HttpClient>(() => clientFactory.CreateClient());
That is better to use lazy loading in a way the server will not spend additional resources to create HttpClient immediately.
public async Task<string> SavePhotoInFolder(string url)
{
string photoPath = $"/Photos/{Guid.NewGuid()}.jpeg";
using (var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, url))
using (
Stream contentStream = await (await _client.Value.SendAsync(request)).Content.ReadAsStreamAsync(),
stream = new FileStream($"{_appEnvironment.WebRootPath}{photoPath}", FileMode.Create))
{
await contentStream.CopyToAsync(stream);
}
return photoPath;
}

You can use HttpClient
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
try
{
using var result = await client.GetAsync($"http://{url}");
if (result.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
return await result.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
}
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.InnerException);
}
}

Amazon S3 .NET: Upload base64 image data?

I am trying to convert images to base64, and trying to upload that to AWS S3 using C#. I keep getting a remote server not found exception. But I am able to log in programmatically and list the buckets I have.
Can you please identify whats wrong.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string configaccess = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AWSAccesskey"];
string configsecret = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AWSSecretkey"];
var s3Client = new AmazonS3Client(
configaccess,
configsecret,
RegionEndpoint.USEast1
);
Byte[] bArray = File.ReadAllBytes("path/foo.jpg");
String base64String = Convert.ToBase64String(bArray);
try
{
byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(base64String);
using (s3Client)
{
var request = new PutObjectRequest
{
BucketName = "bucketName",
CannedACL = S3CannedACL.PublicRead,
Key = string.Format("bucketName/{0}", "foo.jpg")
};
using (var ms = new MemoryStream(bytes))
{
request.InputStream = ms;
s3Client.PutObject(request);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("AWS Fail");
}
}

I have tested with same code and working fine for me. You need not to specify the bucket name in the Key. We can specify the folder name, if want to store this file in any folder inside the bucket.
Key = string.Format("FolderName/{0}", "foo.jpg").

How to upload the Stream from an HttpContent result to Azure File Storage

I am attempting to download a list of files from urls stored in my database, and then upload them to my Azure FileStorage account. I am successfully downloading the files and can turn them into files on my local storage or convert them to text and upload them. However I lose data when converting something like a pdf to a text and I do not want to have to store the files on the Azure app that this endpoint is hosted on as I do not need to manipulate the files in any way.
I have attempted to upload the files from the Stream I get from the HttpContent object using the UploadFromStream method on the CloudFile. Whenever this command is run I get an InvalidOperationException with the message "Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object."
I've tried converting the original Stream to a MemoryStream as well but this just writes a blank file to the FileStorage account, even if I set the position to the beginning of the MemoryStream. My code is below and if anyone could point out what information I am missing to make this work I would appreciate it.
public DownloadFileResponse DownloadFile(FileLink fileLink)
{
string fileName = string.Format("{0}{1}{2}", fileLink.ExpectedFileName, ".", fileLink.ExpectedFileType);
HttpStatusCode status;
string hash = "";
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10); // candidate for .config setting
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, fileLink.ExpectedURL);
var sendTask = client.SendAsync(request, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead);
var response = sendTask.Result; // not ensuring success here, going to handle error codes without exceptions
status = response.StatusCode;
if (status == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
var httpStream = response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().Result;
fileStorage.WriteFile(fileLink.ExpectedFileType, fileName, httpStream);
hash = HashGenerator.GetMD5HashFromStream(httpStream);
}
}
return new DownloadFileResponse(status, fileName, hash);
}
public void WriteFile(string targetDirectory, string targetFilePath, Stream fileStream)
{
var options = SetOptions();
var newFile = GetTargetCloudFile(targetDirectory, targetFilePath);
newFile.UploadFromStream(fileStream, options: options);
}
public FileRequestOptions SetOptions()
{
FileRequestOptions options = new FileRequestOptions();
options.ServerTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
options.RetryPolicy = new NoRetry();
return options;
}
public CloudFile GetTargetCloudFile(string targetDirectory, string targetFilePath)
{
if (!shareConnector.share.Exists())
{
throw new Exception("Cannot access Azure File Storage share");
}
CloudFileDirectory rootDirectory = shareConnector.share.GetRootDirectoryReference();
CloudFileDirectory directory = rootDirectory.GetDirectoryReference(targetDirectory);
if (!directory.Exists())
{
throw new Exception("Target Directory does not exist");
}
CloudFile newFile = directory.GetFileReference(targetFilePath);
return newFile;
}

Had the same problem, the only way it worked is by reading the coming stream (in your case it is httpStream in DownloadFile(FileLink fileLink) method) to a byte array and using UploadFromByteArray (byte[] buffer, int index, int count) instead of UploadFromStream
So your WriteFile(FileLink fileLink) method will look like:
public void WriteFile(string targetDirectory, string targetFilePath, Stream fileStream)
{
var options = SetOptions();
var newFile = GetTargetCloudFile(targetDirectory, targetFilePath);
const int bufferLength= 600;
byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferLength];
// Buffer to read from stram This size is just an example
List<byte> byteArrayFile = new List<byte>(); // all your file will be here
int count = 0;
try
{
while ((count = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, bufferLength)) > 0)
{
byteArrayFile.AddRange(buffer);
}
fileStream.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw; // you need to change this
}
file.UploadFromByteArray(allFile.ToArray(), 0, byteArrayFile.Count);
// Not sure about byteArrayFile.Count.. it should work
}

According to your description and codes, I suggest you could use Steam.CopyTo to copy the stream to the local memoryStream firstly, then upload the MemoryStream to azure file storage.
More details, you could refer to below codes:
I just change the DownloadFile method to test it.
HttpStatusCode status;
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10); // candidate for .config setting
// client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);
//here I use my blob file to test it
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://xxxxxxxxxx.blob.core.windows.net/media/secondblobtest-eypt.txt");
var sendTask = client.SendAsync(request, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead);
var response = sendTask.Result; // not ensuring success here, going to handle error codes without exceptions
status = response.StatusCode;
if (status == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
var httpStream = response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().Result;
httpStream.CopyTo(ms);
ms.Position = 0;
WriteFile("aaa", "testaa", ms);
// hash = HashGenerator.GetMD5HashFromStream(httpStream);
}
}

I had a similar problem and got to find out that the UploadFromStream method only works with buffered streams. Nevertheless I was able to successfully upload files to azure storage by using a MemoryStream. I don't think this to be a very good solution as you are using up your memory resources by copying the content of the file stream to memory before handing it to the azure stream. What I have come up with is a way of writing directly to an azure stream by using instead the OpenWriteAsync method to create the stream and then a simple CopyToAsync from the source stream.
CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse( "YourAzureStorageConnectionString" );
CloudFileClient fileClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudFileClient();
CloudFileShare share = fileClient.GetShareReference( "YourShareName" );
CloudFileDirectory root = share.GetRootDirectoryReference();
CloudFile file = root.GetFileReference( "TheFileName" );
using (CloudFileStream fileWriteStream = await file.OpenWriteAsync( fileMetadata.FileSize, new AccessCondition(),
new FileRequestOptions { StoreFileContentMD5 = true },
new OperationContext() ))
{
await fileContent.CopyToAsync( fileWriteStream, 128 * 1024 );
}

How To Accept a File POST

I'm using asp.net mvc 4 webapi beta to build a rest service. I need to be able to accept POSTed images/files from client applications. Is this possible using the webapi? Below is how action I am currently using. Does anyone know of an example how this should work?
[HttpPost]
public string ProfileImagePost(HttpPostedFile profileImage)
{
string[] extensions = { ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".bmp", ".png" };
if (!extensions.Any(x => x.Equals(Path.GetExtension(profileImage.FileName.ToLower()), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
{
throw new HttpResponseException("Invalid file type.", HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
}
// Other code goes here
return "/path/to/image.png";
}

I'm surprised that a lot of you seem to want to save files on the server. Solution to keep everything in memory is as follows:
[HttpPost("api/upload")]
public async Task<IHttpActionResult> Upload()
{
if (!Request.Content.IsMimeMultipartContent())
throw new HttpResponseException(HttpStatusCode.UnsupportedMediaType);
var provider = new MultipartMemoryStreamProvider();
await Request.Content.ReadAsMultipartAsync(provider);
foreach (var file in provider.Contents)
{
var filename = file.Headers.ContentDisposition.FileName.Trim('\"');
var buffer = await file.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
//Do whatever you want with filename and its binary data.
}
return Ok();
}

see http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/formats-and-model-binding/html-forms-and-multipart-mime#multipartmime, although I think the article makes it seem a bit more complicated than it really is.
Basically,
public Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostFile()
{
HttpRequestMessage request = this.Request;
if (!request.Content.IsMimeMultipartContent())
{
throw new HttpResponseException(HttpStatusCode.UnsupportedMediaType);
}
string root = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/uploads");
var provider = new MultipartFormDataStreamProvider(root);
var task = request.Content.ReadAsMultipartAsync(provider).
ContinueWith<HttpResponseMessage>(o =>
{
string file1 = provider.BodyPartFileNames.First().Value;
// this is the file name on the server where the file was saved
return new HttpResponseMessage()
{
Content = new StringContent("File uploaded.")
};
}
);
return task;
}

See the code below, adapted from this article, which demonstrates the simplest example code I could find. It includes both file and memory (faster) uploads.
public HttpResponseMessage Post()
{
var httpRequest = HttpContext.Current.Request;
if (httpRequest.Files.Count < 1)
{
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
}
foreach(string file in httpRequest.Files)
{
var postedFile = httpRequest.Files[file];
var filePath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/" + postedFile.FileName);
postedFile.SaveAs(filePath);
// NOTE: To store in memory use postedFile.InputStream
}
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created);
}

The ASP.NET Core way is now here:
[HttpPost("UploadFiles")]
public async Task<IActionResult> Post(List<IFormFile> files)
{
long size = files.Sum(f => f.Length);
// full path to file in temp location
var filePath = Path.GetTempFileName();
foreach (var formFile in files)
{
if (formFile.Length > 0)
{
using (var stream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create))
{
await formFile.CopyToAsync(stream);
}
}
}
// process uploaded files
// Don't rely on or trust the FileName property without validation.
return Ok(new { count = files.Count, size, filePath});
}

Here is a quick and dirty solution which takes uploaded file contents from the HTTP body and writes it to a file. I included a "bare bones" HTML/JS snippet for the file upload.
Web API Method:
[Route("api/myfileupload")]
[HttpPost]
public string MyFileUpload()
{
var request = HttpContext.Current.Request;
var filePath = "C:\\temp\\" + request.Headers["filename"];
using (var fs = new System.IO.FileStream(filePath, System.IO.FileMode.Create))
{
request.InputStream.CopyTo(fs);
}
return "uploaded";
}
HTML File Upload:
<form>
<input type="file" id="myfile"/>
<input type="button" onclick="uploadFile();" value="Upload" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
function uploadFile() {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
var file = document.getElementById('myfile').files[0];
xhr.open("POST", "api/myfileupload");
xhr.setRequestHeader("filename", file.name);
xhr.send(file);
}
</script>

I used Mike Wasson's answer before I updated all the NuGets in my webapi mvc4 project. Once I did, I had to re-write the file upload action:
public Task<HttpResponseMessage> Upload(int id)
{
HttpRequestMessage request = this.Request;
if (!request.Content.IsMimeMultipartContent())
{
throw new HttpResponseException(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.UnsupportedMediaType));
}
string root = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/uploads");
var provider = new MultipartFormDataStreamProvider(root);
var task = request.Content.ReadAsMultipartAsync(provider).
ContinueWith<HttpResponseMessage>(o =>
{
FileInfo finfo = new FileInfo(provider.FileData.First().LocalFileName);
string guid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
File.Move(finfo.FullName, Path.Combine(root, guid + "_" + provider.FileData.First().Headers.ContentDisposition.FileName.Replace("\"", "")));
return new HttpResponseMessage()
{
Content = new StringContent("File uploaded.")
};
}
);
return task;
}
Apparently BodyPartFileNames is no longer available within the MultipartFormDataStreamProvider.

Toward this same directions, I'm posting a client and server snipets that send Excel Files using WebApi, c# 4:
public static void SetFile(String serviceUrl, byte[] fileArray, String fileName)
{
try
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
using (var content = new MultipartFormDataContent())
{
var fileContent = new ByteArrayContent(fileArray);//(System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(fileName));
fileContent.Headers.ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment")
{
FileName = fileName
};
content.Add(fileContent);
var result = client.PostAsync(serviceUrl, content).Result;
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
//Log the exception
}
}
And the server webapi controller:
public Task<IEnumerable<string>> Post()
{
if (Request.Content.IsMimeMultipartContent())
{
string fullPath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/uploads");
MyMultipartFormDataStreamProvider streamProvider = new MyMultipartFormDataStreamProvider(fullPath);
var task = Request.Content.ReadAsMultipartAsync(streamProvider).ContinueWith(t =>
{
if (t.IsFaulted || t.IsCanceled)
throw new HttpResponseException(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError);
var fileInfo = streamProvider.FileData.Select(i =>
{
var info = new FileInfo(i.LocalFileName);
return "File uploaded as " + info.FullName + " (" + info.Length + ")";
});
return fileInfo;
});
return task;
}
else
{
throw new HttpResponseException(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotAcceptable, "Invalid Request!"));
}
}
And the Custom MyMultipartFormDataStreamProvider, needed to customize the Filename:
PS: I took this code from another post http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/uploading-files-asynchronously-using-asp.net-web-api.htm
public class MyMultipartFormDataStreamProvider : MultipartFormDataStreamProvider
{
public MyMultipartFormDataStreamProvider(string path)
: base(path)
{
}
public override string GetLocalFileName(System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpContentHeaders headers)
{
string fileName;
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(headers.ContentDisposition.FileName))
{
fileName = headers.ContentDisposition.FileName;
}
else
{
fileName = Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + ".data";
}
return fileName.Replace("\"", string.Empty);
}
}

[HttpPost]
public JsonResult PostImage(HttpPostedFileBase file)
{
try
{
if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0 && file.ContentLength<=10485760)
{
var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/") + "HisloImages" + "\\", fileName);
file.SaveAs(path);
#region MyRegion
////save imag in Db
//using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
//{
// file.InputStream.CopyTo(ms);
// byte[] array = ms.GetBuffer();
//}
#endregion
return Json(JsonResponseFactory.SuccessResponse("Status:0 ,Message: OK"), JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
else
{
return Json(JsonResponseFactory.ErrorResponse("Status:1 , Message: Upload Again and File Size Should be Less Than 10MB"), JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return Json(JsonResponseFactory.ErrorResponse(ex.Message), JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
}

This question has lots of good answers even for .Net Core. I was using both Frameworks the provided code samples work fine. So I won't repeat it. In my case the important thing was how to use File upload actions with Swagger like this:
Here is my recap:
ASP .Net WebAPI 2
To upload file use: MultipartFormDataStreamProvider see answers here
How to use it with Swagger
.NET Core
To upload file use: IFormFile see answers here or MS documentation
How to use it with Swagger

Here are two ways to accept a file. One using in memory provider MultipartMemoryStreamProvider and one using MultipartFormDataStreamProvider which saves to a disk. Note, this is only for one file upload at a time. You can certainty extend this to save multiple-files. The second approach can support large files. I've tested files over 200MB and it works fine. Using in memory approach does not require you to save to disk, but will throw out of memory exception if you exceed a certain limit.
private async Task<Stream> ReadStream()
{
Stream stream = null;
var provider = new MultipartMemoryStreamProvider();
await Request.Content.ReadAsMultipartAsync(provider);
foreach (var file in provider.Contents)
{
var buffer = await file.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
stream = new MemoryStream(buffer);
}
return stream;
}
private async Task<Stream> ReadLargeStream()
{
Stream stream = null;
string root = Path.GetTempPath();
var provider = new MultipartFormDataStreamProvider(root);
await Request.Content.ReadAsMultipartAsync(provider);
foreach (var file in provider.FileData)
{
var path = file.LocalFileName;
byte[] content = File.ReadAllBytes(path);
File.Delete(path);
stream = new MemoryStream(content);
}
return stream;
}

I had a similar problem for the preview Web API. Did not port that part to the new MVC 4 Web API yet, but maybe this helps:
REST file upload with HttpRequestMessage or Stream?
Please let me know, can sit down tomorrow and try to implement it again.

API Controller :
[HttpPost]
public HttpResponseMessage Post()
{
var httpRequest = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request;
if (System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.Files.Count < 1)
{
//TODO
}
else
{
try
{
foreach (string file in httpRequest.Files)
{
var postedFile = httpRequest.Files[file];
BinaryReader binReader = new BinaryReader(postedFile.InputStream);
byte[] byteArray = binReader.ReadBytes(postedFile.ContentLength);
}
}
catch (System.Exception e)
{
//TODO
}
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created);
}

Complementing Matt Frear's answer - This would be an ASP NET Core alternative for reading the file directly from Stream, without saving&reading it from disk:
public ActionResult OnPostUpload(List<IFormFile> files)
{
try
{
var file = files.FirstOrDefault();
var inputstream = file.OpenReadStream();
XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(stream);
var FIRST_ROW_NUMBER = {{firstRowWithValue}};
ISheet sheet = workbook.GetSheetAt(0);
// Example: var firstCellRow = (int)sheet.GetRow(0).GetCell(0).NumericCellValue;
for (int rowIdx = 2; rowIdx <= sheet.LastRowNum; rowIdx++)
{
IRow currentRow = sheet.GetRow(rowIdx);
if (currentRow == null || currentRow.Cells == null || currentRow.Cells.Count() < FIRST_ROW_NUMBER) break;
var df = new DataFormatter();
for (int cellNumber = {{firstCellWithValue}}; cellNumber < {{lastCellWithValue}}; cellNumber++)
{
//business logic & saving data to DB
}
}
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
throw new FileFormatException($"Error on file processing - {ex.Message}");
}
}