Question

This seems like a really easy problem however after extensive searching I can’t seem to find what I’m looking for. What is the best possible implementation for pulling an image from a url and saving it to a SQL database?

I’m using MVC3 in C# and Linq to SQL.

Answer 1

First download that image from URL then save it in database

     string tnail = "";
  WebClient client = new WebClient();
    using (Image src = Image.FromFile("http://www.example.com/image.jpg"))
                        {
                            using (Bitmap dst = new Bitmap(25, 33))
                            {
                                using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(dst))
                                {
                                    g.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.HighQuality;
                                    g.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.High;
                                    g.DrawImage(src, 0, 0, dst.Width, dst.Height);
                                }
                                tnail = tname;
                                tnail = Path.ChangeExtension(tnail, null);
                                tnail += "_thumbnail";
                                tnail = Path.ChangeExtension(tnail, "jpg");
                                dst.Save(Path.Combine(Server.MapPath(imagepath), tnail), ImageFormat.Jpeg);

                            }
                        }