MVC | Upload file on FTP

MVC | Upload file on FTP

Upload file on Server using FTP detail in mvc C#.

Code:

public static class FileUpload
    {
        public static string FTPUpload(HttpPostedFileBase file)
        {
            // //FTP Server URL.
            string ftp = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ftpName"].ToString();
            

            // //FTP Folder name. Leave blank if you want to upload to root folder.
            string ftpFolder = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ftpFolder"].ToString();

            byte[] fileBytes = null;

            // //Read the FileName and convert it to Byte array.
            string fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
            using (StreamReader fileStream = new StreamReader(file.InputStream))
            {
                fileBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(fileStream.ReadToEnd());
                fileStream.Close();
            }

            try
            {
                //Create FTP Request.
                string path = ftp + ftpFolder + fileName;
                FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(path);
                request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile;

                //Enter FTP Server credentials.
                request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ftpUsername"].ToString(), ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ftpPassword"].ToString());
                request.ContentLength = fileBytes.Length;
                request.UsePassive = true;
                request.UseBinary = true;
                request.ServicePoint.ConnectionLimit = fileBytes.Length;
                request.EnableSsl = false;

                using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
                {
                    requestStream.Write(fileBytes, 0, fileBytes.Length);
                    requestStream.Close();
                }

                FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

                response.Close();
            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                //throw new Exception((ex.Response as FtpWebResponse).StatusDescription);
                return (ex.Response as FtpWebResponse).StatusDescription;
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                return e.Message;
            }

            return "success";

        }
    }

 

Configuration settings:

<appSettings>
    <add key="ftpName" value="ftp://testftp/"></add>
    <add key="ftpUsername" value="username"></add>
    <add key="ftpPassword" value="password"></add>
    <add key="ftpFolder" value="folderpath"></add>
  </appSettings>