Question

i am making one application,
what to use if i want to upload data on server in C# based application.
i know this names in web services [ i don’t know How to use it? ]

1. SOAP,
2. REST,
3. AWS

So my question is,

How many ways i can upload my data file to server?
Do i have to use web service or is their any other way to upload data file?
btw… i am just beginner in C# and web service…so may be u will find this question simple.

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thanks in advance,

nitz.

EDIT :
my app. is on windows based…..
and the files which will be generated from my app. , that i want to store at server…..

Answer 1

You don’t need to use any fancy “web service” technology to upload data from a client application to a server. You can create a simple ASP.NET Web handler and save the input file from the request body:

public class FileUploader : IHttpHandler
{
    public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
    {
       string fileName = context.Request.QueryString["FileName"];
       byte[] fileData = context.Request.BinaryRead(context.Request.ContentLength);
       string path = ...; // decide where you want to save the file
       File.WriteAllBytes(path, fileData);
    }

    public bool IsReusable
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
}

From the client app, you’d use WebClient.UploadFile method:

using (var client = new WebClient()) {
    client.QueryString["FileName"] = fileName;
    client.UploadData(url, inputFileData); 
}

This approach eliminates the overhead of protocols like SOAP and posts the file directly in the HTTP request body.