HttpWebRequest works. WebClient.UploadFile doesn't

Question

I thought I figured out a way to simplify my code by using WebClient.UploadFile instead of HttpWebRequest, but I end up getting a file on the server end tha

Answer 1

WebClient.UploadFile sends the data in a multipart/form-data format. What you want to use to have the equivalent to the code using HttpWebRequest is the WebClient.UploadData method:

var client = new WebClient();
client.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/octet-stream";
byte[] fileContents = File.ReadAllBytes(filename);
client.UploadData(new Uri("http://" + ConnectionManager.FileServerAddress + ":" +
       ConnectionManager.FileServerPort +
       "/binary/up/" + category + "/" +
       Path.GetFileName(filename) + "/" + safehash), fileContents);