public XDocument UploadPhotoFormat(PhotoUploadRequest up)
{
var fileName = up.FileName;
var fs = File.OpenRead(fileName);
var data = new byte[fs.Length];
// read in the file to a byte array
using (Stream stream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
var offset = 0;
var remaining = data.Length;
while (remaining > 0)
{
var read = stream.Read(data, offset, remaining);
if (read <= 0)
{
throw new EndOfStreamException(String.Format(Constants.Culture, "End of stream reached with {0} bytes left to read", remaining));
}
remaining -= read;
offset += read;
}
}
// The data in the request is a base64 encoded string of the binary data in the photo.
var endData = Convert.ToBase64String(data);
// put the data in the object that will be converted to xml and posted
up.PhotoData = endData;
// send the post method
return _connection.Post(up, "Photos.xml");
}
