Ajax.BeginForm in MVC to upload files

That is complicated better use jquery forms plugin.

Here is the sample:

Html.BeginForm

 @using (Html.BeginForm("YourAction", "YourController"))
{
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
    <input type="file" name="files"><br>
    <input type="submit" value="Upload File to Server">
}

Action Method

    [HttpPost]
    [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
    public void YourAction(IEnumerable<HttpPostedFileBase> files)
    {
        if (files != null)
        {
            foreach (var file in files)
            {
                // Verify that the user selected a file
                if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0)
                {
                    // extract only the fielname
                    var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
                    // TODO: need to define destination
                    var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Upload"), fileName);
                    file.SaveAs(path);
                }
            }
        }
    }

Progress Bar

<div class="progress progress-striped">
   <div class="progress-bar progress-bar-success">0%</div>
</div>

Jquery & Form script

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="http://malsup.github.com/jquery.form.js"></script>

<script>
(function() {

var bar = $('.progress-bar');
var percent = $('.progress-bar');
var status = $('#status');

$('form').ajaxForm({
    beforeSend: function() {
        status.empty();
        var percentVal="0%";
        bar.width(percentVal)
        percent.html(percentVal);
    },
    uploadProgress: function(event, position, total, percentComplete) {
        var percentVal = percentComplete + '%';
        bar.width(percentVal)
        percent.html(percentVal);
    },
    success: function() {
        var percentVal="100%";
        bar.width(percentVal)
        percent.html(percentVal);
    },
    complete: function(xhr) {
        status.html(xhr.responseText);
    }
}); 

})();       
</script>

Update…

People who are getting issue of calling action method twice is due to Ajax.BeginForm, just convert it to Html.BeginForm(). For more clarification and to download sample code please refer at this blog.