Accept zip file using postman - .net-core

Question

I have created api project in .Net Core application. I have also created Method to accept HttpRequestMessage as parameter. Now I am trying to call my api method using Postman with including file as body parameter, but my api method is not calling.
Here is code
[Route("api/[controller]")]
public class ValuesController : Controller
{
[HttpPost]
public HttpResponseMessage PostFiles()
{
HttpResponseMessage result = null;
var httpRequest = HttpContext.Request;
return result;
}}
Here is Postman request data
POST /api/values/PostFiles HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:64226
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW
Cache-Control: no-cache
Postman-Token: 6adcc652-a4ab-3714-cc5e-770bd214ac7a
------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="data"; filename=""
Content-Type:
------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW--
Here is the screen shot of my api call using postman.
Request body with file as parameter
Is there anything that I am missing?
Can you please help me out to call my web api with accepting file as parameter using Postman?

Answer 1

I think there's a problem with your route. Try this :
public class ValuesController : Controller
{
[Route("api/values/postfiles")]
[HttpPost]
public HttpResponseMessage PostFiles()
{
HttpResponseMessage result = null;
var files = Request.Form.Files;
return result;
}
}
Then try accessing the API at http://localhost:yourport/api/values/postfiles .
replace "yourport" in your port no.
You'll get the file in "fileStream" if the file is available.

Answer 2

In an ASP.NET Core application use IHostingEnvironment. Then you can call ContentRootPath and WebRootPath