Uploading files in a ASP.NET MVC Web api controller

Question

I want to create a WEB API that uploads a file from a given client onto a Azure. For this, I know I can use a class like: MultipartFormDataStreamProvider (not sure if this class works for Azure)

I want this API to be accessible from a variety of applications. For starters a simple .NET application. But my question is can I use this same API to handle file uploads from say an Android application, Windows 8 application, etc?

If this is not possible then do all these applications require a separate API exposed?

My idea of an API is that it can be used across a variety of applications for required functionality. But in this case the classes required to upload the file will restrict its usage.

Answer 1

@nikhil pinto: The ASP.NET Web API helps you to create REST-Web service which can be consumed by any kind of client supporting HTTP request. I found this article here

http://hintdesk.com/android-upload-files-to-asp-net-web-api-service

very good because it illustrates how we can call the web service from different clients. Just check it out.