Hi,

If you are trying to add an image or file I usually create a couple of helper methods to handle this.

One for an image and one for other types of files. They are slightly different.

public static IMedia AddMediaImage(int parentId, HttpPostedFile file)
{
    var ms = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.MediaService;
    var mediaMap = ms.CreateMedia(file.FileName, parentId, Umbraco.Core.Constants.Conventions.MediaTypes.Image);
    mediaMap.SetValue("umbracoFile", file.FileName, file.InputStream);
    ms.Save(mediaMap);
    return mediaMap;
}

public static IMedia AddMediaFile(int parentId, HttpPostedFile file)
{
    var ms = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.MediaService;
    var mediaMap = ms.CreateMedia(file.FileName, parentId, Umbraco.Core.Constants.Conventions.MediaTypes.File);
    mediaMap.SetValue("umbracoFile", file.FileName, file.InputStream);
    ms.Save(mediaMap);
    return mediaMap;
}

Hope this helps

Kind Regards

David

Really appreciate the examples, I kinda had this approach as a backup - I just think it's very odd that we need to write methods (same code every time) for something so generic as saving an image.

I'd really prefer to use mediaResource.save(media, isNew, files) since it seems designed for the job - but I really can't figure out what goes into files and there seems to be 0 documentation, so I think I'll go with your approach for now!

Thanks Dave!

Hopefully someone here has the answer. I would be interested to see if there was a better solution too. Please let me know if you find out anything further.

Kind Regards

David

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