Question

I have a scenario where I need to upload a file from one web application and use it in another one. My setup is the following.

• One server, hosting two web applications in IIS – both are ASP.NET
• One of the applications is used to administer the other one + a bunch more stuff
• I need to upload a file from this admin app, save the path in DB through the DAL and then access the file from the other web app, which would provide the file for download
• I keep files on disk, only the path in DB

So where and how can I upload the file so that it can be accessed from both web applications? Should I use a service or is there some other way?
Here are some related questions I found, but I don’t think they cover my particular scenario:
How to handle file uploads to a dedicated image server?
How to upload a file to a WCF Service?

Answer 1

Since both applications are on the same server this should be straightforward:

• Save the uploaded file somewhere on the server.
• Create a virtual directory in any application needing to expose the files pointing to the physical path.
• Save the virtual path in the db for flexibility