asp.net web api - C# Test File Upload -

i have browsed through various posts , tried several things haven't been able things working right. dont feel should hard, here's got. want post file server testing purposes. should work if uploading standard <input type="file"/> on web page.

this actual handler want test:

[route("myaction")] [httppost] public ihttpactionresult myaction() {     try     {         var request = httpcontext.current.request;         if (request.files.count == 1)         {             var postedfile = request.files[0];             if (request.files[0].filename.endswith(".zip"))             {                 // unzip file                 // stuff             }         }     }     catch      {         return new validationerror("an error has occurred , has been logged");     } } 

this test:

public void setupserver() {     server = testserver.create(app =>     {         var startup = new startup();         startup.configureoauth(app);          var config = new httpconfiguration();         webapiconfig.register(config);          app.usewebapi(config);     }); }   [test] public async task myactiontest() {     setupserver();     uri = "/api/myclass/myroute";      var file = properties.resources.myzipfile;      var boundary = "------------------------" + datetime.now.ticks;      var multipartfilecontent = new multipartformdatacontent(boundary);     var content = new bytearraycontent(file);     content.headers.add("content-type", "application/octet-stream");     multipartfilecontent.add(content, "myfilename", "myzipfile.zip");      var serverresp = (await server.createrequest(uri)         .and(req => req.content = multipartfilecontent)         .postasync()); } 

running test causes error on var request = httpcontext.current.request; because httpcontext.current null reason. going in wrong or hard way? feel shouldn't difficult.

the issue httpcontext.current isn't available in self-hosted test you're spinning up.

take here:

httpselfhostserver , httpcontext.current