output image using web api HttpResponseMessage

Question

I'm trying the following code to output a image from a asp.net web api, but the response body length is always 0.

public HttpResponseMessage GetImage() {     HttpResponseMessage response = new HttpResponseMessage();     response.Content = new StreamContent(new FileStream(@"path to image"));     response.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("image/jpeg");      return response; } 

Any tips?

WORKS:

    [HttpGet]     public HttpResponseMessage Resize(string source, int width, int height)     {         HttpResponseMessage httpResponseMessage = new HttpResponseMessage();          // Photo.Resize is a static method to resize the image         Image image = Photo.Resize(Image.FromFile(@"d:\path\" + source), width, height);          MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();          image.Save(memoryStream, ImageFormat.Jpeg);          httpResponseMessage.Content = new ByteArrayContent(memoryStream.ToArray());          httpResponseMessage.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("image/jpeg");         httpResponseMessage.StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK;          return httpResponseMessage;     } 

Answer 1

The the following:

1. Ensure path is correct (duh)

2. Ensure your routing is correct. Either your Controller is ImageController or you have defined a custom route to support "GetImage" on some other controller. (You should get a 404 response for this.)

3. Ensure you open the stream:

   var stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open);

I tried something similar and it works for me.