Webclient.UploadFile throws an exception

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Problem : Webclient.UploadFile method gives me exception "remote server return an error 404 not found"

Scenario : I have a virtual directory on my server(http://xx.xx.xx.xx/Uploadfile)
now i want to upload a file from my local machine to server. i used following code

C#

wcUpload = new WebClient();
wcUpload.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
wcUpload.UploadFile("http://xx.xx.xx.xx/Uploadfile/test.pdf, @"C:\test.pdf"); //this line throws exception

i have test.pdf exist on my C:\

i have checked for access permission to virtual directory, it is fine.

what should be the possible solution.
any help ?

Posted 23-Aug-11 20:33pm

shreya1987

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Solution 2

webClient.DownloadFile() will allow direct download from source to destination, but this is not the case with UploadFile() method.
There should exist some reciever page to get the file and that page will then POST your file to destnation.

As prerak quoted Create upload.aspx page at server put following code in it and call it from your client to upload file

C#

foreach(string f in Request.Files.AllKeys) {
		HttpPostedFile file = Request.Files[f];
		file.SaveAs("Path to save file\\" + file.FileName);

Posted 23-Aug-11 21:12pm

koolprasad2003

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Prerak Patel · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-23T20:40:00

Solution 1

Shreya,
It tries to look for the file http://xx.xx.xx.xx/Uploadfile/test.pdf which doesn't exist. You need to create a page there which accepts the file and store at directory.

VB

wcUpload.UploadFile("http://xx.xx.xx.xx/upload.aspx, @"C:\test.pdf")

See this MSDN example http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/36s52zhs.aspx[^]

Posted 23-Aug-11 20:40pm

Prerak Patel

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koolprasad2003 24-Aug-11 3:13am

Good Answer Prerak, +5

shreya1987 24-Aug-11 3:20am

thanks prerak solved.