How to save image path in database and save image in specific folder of project.NET core - asp.net-core-mvc

Question

[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public async Task<IActionResult> Create(Employee emp)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
var files = HttpContext.Request.Form.Files;
foreach (var Image in files)
{
if (Image != null && Image.Length > 0)
{
var file = Image;
var root = _appEnvironment.WebRootPath;
var uploads = "uploads\\img";
if (file.Length > 0)
{
// you can change the Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Replace("-", "")
// to Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") it will produce the same result
var fileName = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") + Path.GetExtension(file.FileName);
using (var fileStream = new FileStream(Path.Combine(root, uploads, fileName), FileMode.Create))
{
await file.CopyToAsync(fileStream);
// This will produce uploads\img\fileName.ext
emp.ImageUrl = Path.Combine(uploads, fileName);
}
}
}
}
db.Add(emp);
await db.SaveChangesAsync();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
else
{
var errors = ModelState.Values.SelectMany(v => v.Errors);
}
return View(emp);
}
HTML
<input asp-for="ImageUrl" type="file" Class="form-control" />
when i save image, image save successfully in database, but it takes full image path like this C:\Users\VIZO\Desktop\employee.jpg i dont want like this, i need to save image path something like this ~images\employee.jpg. The other problem is image doesnt saving in specific folder of project, i need to save image in this path of my project
uploads\img

Answer 1

So basically your _appEnvironment.WebRootPath by default will be:
%PathToProject%/wwwroot.
For the filePath on your database i would do something like this:
var root = _appEnvironment.WebRootPath
var uploads = "uploads\\img";
if (file.Length > 0)
{
// you can change the Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Replace("-", "")
// to Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") it will produce the same result
var fileName = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") + Path.GetExtension(file.FileName);
using (var fileStream = new FileStream(Path.Combine(root, uploads, fileName), FileMode.Create))
{
await file.CopyToAsync(fileStream);
// This will produce uploads\img\fileName.ext
emp.BookPic = Path.Combine(uploads, fileName);
}
}
If you require any more clarification or guidance please feel free to comment and allow me to explain in more detail.
Thanks.