ASP.NET Core WEB API - Receive multiple files in post request

Question

This is my controller action:

// POST: api/Customers/Create
[HttpPost(), Route("Create")]
public async Task<ActionResult> CreateAsync([FromForm] CustomerModel model)

And it receives a CustomerModel:

public Guid? Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public string PhoneNumber { get; set; }
public string Email { get; set; }
public bool? IsActive { get; set; }
public  List<CustomerLicenseModel> LicenseFiles { get; set; }

My CustomerModel has a custom class that is a list of files of type CustomerLicenseModel

public  List<CustomerLicenseModel> LicenseFiles { get; set; }

And this is the CustomerLicenseModel:

public class CustomerLicenseModel
{
    public LicenseFileType LicenseFileType { get; set; }
    public IFormFile LicenseFile { get; set; }
}

LicenseFileType can be Front or Back.

public enum LicenseFileType
{
    Front,
    Back
}

How can I send this via a http request?

If I have a List<IFormFile> inside my CustomerModel, I can send multiple files via postman or swagger for an example, but I need to know what the LicenseFileType is.

Can somebody help?

What do you mean I need to know what the LicenseFileType is? You don't know what's the enum type or how to pass the value? — Xinran Shen
– Xinran Shen, Commented Feb 23, 2022 at 6:50
I really don't know how to pass the values. But @XinranShen is answer below has the solution. Thanks! — Marcelo Antunes Fernandes
– Marcelo Antunes Fernandes, Commented Feb 23, 2022 at 10:19

Xinran Shen · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-23 06:47:36Z

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Swagger does not support the transmission of this format by default, So I suggest you use postman to send requset.

answered Feb 23, 2022 at 6:47

Xinran Shen

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Marcelo Antunes Fernandes Over a year ago

Thanks a lot! I didn't kwow that the solution is pass files in array.

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