.NET WebForms

Video Upload

The following sections describe how to handle video uploads on your server using .NET WebForms as a server-side language. For information on the upload workflow refer to the video upload documentation.

Frontend

This can be pasted in your Default.aspx

On the head section include the Editor style.

<!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/froala-editor@latest/css/froala_editor.pkgd.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    </head>

On the body section include the Editor JS files and define the area for the editor.

    <body>  
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/froala-editor@latest/js/froala_editor.pkgd.min.js"></script>
    
    <div class="sample">
    <h2>Video upload example.</h2>
    <form>
    <textarea id="edit" name="content"></textarea>
    </form>
    </div>

Initialize the editor and set the video upload URL

    <script>
    new FroalaEditor('#edit', {
    // Set the video upload URL.
    videoUploadURL: '/UploadFiles',
    
    videoUploadParams: {
    id: 'my_editor'
    }
    })
    </script>
    </body>
    </html>

The full code should look like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/froala-editor@latest/css/froala_editor.pkgd.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    </head>
    
    <body>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/froala-editor@latest/js/froala_editor.pkgd.min.js"></script>
    
    <div class="sample">
    <h2>Video upload example.</h2>
    <form>
    <textarea id="edit" name="content"></textarea>
    </form>
    </div>
    
    
    <script>
    new FroalaEditor('#edit', {
    
    videoUploadURL: '/UploadFiles',
    
    videoUploadParams: {
    id: 'my_editor'
    }
    })
    </script>
    </body>
    </html>

Backend

upload.aspx handles the request and the upload action. The uploads directory is created automatically if it does not exist under "project_root"/Files/. The root directory must be writable, otherwise the upload directory will not be created.

If the uploaded video passes the validation step, the server responds with a JSON object containing a link to the uploaded file.

e.g.: {"link":"http://server_address/upload/name_of_file"}.

The following example shows the functions you should define in upload.aspx:

public partial class Upload : Page
  {
  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
  if (Request.Files["file"] != null)
  {
  HttpPostedFile MyFile = Request.Files["file"];
  
  // Setting location to upload files
  string TargetLocation = Server.MapPath("~/Files/");
  try
  {
  if (MyFile.ContentLength > 0)
  {
  // Get File Extension
  string Extension = Path.GetExtension(MyFile.FileName);
  
  //Determining file name. You can format it as you wish.
  string FileName = Path.GetFileName(MyFile.FileName);
  
  // Generate random name.
  FileName = Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Substring(0, 8);
  
  // Determining file size.
  int FileSize = MyFile.ContentLength;
  
  // Creating a byte array corresponding to file size.
  byte[] FileByteArray = new byte[FileSize];
  
  // Basic validation for file extension
  string [] AllowedExtension = { ".mp4", ".webm", ".ogg" };
  
  // Basic validation for mime type
  string[] AllowedMimeType = { "video/mp4", "video/webm", "video/ogg" };
  
  if (AllowedExtension.Contains(Extension) && AllowedMimeType.Contains(MimeMapping.GetMimeMapping(MyFile.FileName)))
  {
  // Posted file is being pushed into byte array.
  MyFile.InputStream.Read(FileByteArray, 0, FileSize);
  
  // Uploading properly formatted file to server.
  MyFile.SaveAs(TargetLocation + FileName + Extension);
  
  string json = "";
  Hashtable resp = new Hashtable();
  string urlPath = MapURL(TargetLocation) + FileName + Extension;
  
  // Make the response an json object
  resp.Add("link", urlPath);
  json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(resp);
  
  // Clear and send the response back to the browser.
  Response.Clear();
  Response.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
  Response.Write(json);
  Response.End();
  }
  else {
  // Handle upload errors.
  }
  }
  }
  
  catch (Exception ex)
  {
  // Handle errors
  }
  }
  }
  
  // Convert file path to url
  // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16007/how-do-i-convert-a-file-path-to-a-url-in-asp-net
  private string MapURL(string path)
  {
  string appPath = Server.MapPath("/").ToLower();
  return string.Format("/{0}", path.ToLower().Replace(appPath, "").Replace(@"\", "/"));
  }
  }

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Video Upload

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