C# WebClient UploadFile(String, String)

Description

WebClient UploadFile(String, String) Uploads the specified local file to a resource with the specified URI.

Syntax

WebClient.UploadFile(String, String) has the following syntax.

public byte[] UploadFile(
  string address,
  string fileName
)

Parameters

WebClient.UploadFile(String, String) has the following parameters.

• address - The URI of the resource to receive the file. For example, ftp://localhost/samplefile.txt.
• fileName - The file to send to the resource. For example, "samplefile.txt".

Returns

WebClient.UploadFile(String, String) method returns

Example

The following code example uploads the specified file to the specified URI using UploadFile.

/*from w  w  w . j av a2  s  .com*/
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
        String uriString = "http://your Server";
        WebClient myWebClient = new WebClient();
        string fileName = "index.htm";
        byte[] responseArray = myWebClient.UploadFile(uriString,fileName);
        Console.WriteLine("\nResponse Received.The contents of the file uploaded are:\n{0}", 
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(responseArray));
            
   }
}