Adding image to an ASPNET api from an external website

Adding image to an ASPNET api from an external website

Posted by: smakilan on 11 September 2023, 1:30 pm EST

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  smakilan

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  Posted 11 September 2023, 1:30 pm EST

  We developed an api that handles pdf printing using grapecity word. I would like to add an image from an external site and based on the documentation https://www.grapecity.com/documents-api-word/docs/online/images.html the only option I have is by adding an image through Stream. I can see on the example you are using System.Drawing.Image which is not available (Classes within the System.Drawing.Imaging namespace are not supported for use within a Windows or ASP.NET service. Attempting to use these classes from within one of these application types may produce unexpected problems, such as diminished service performance and run-time exceptions.) . Do you have any example/documentation that handles this in an ASPNET api? Thank you.

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  manish.gupta

  

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  Posted 12 September 2023, 1:56 pm EST

  Hello,

  Please refer to the following code snippet and the attached sample to load the image from an external site.

  
                        var _path = @"https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_26f3682cca12d5731ad87ce6a0313183/wijmo.jpg";
                          WebClient client = new WebClient();
                          byte[] content = client.DownloadData(_path);
                      
  
                          var pic1 = par.GetRange().Runs.Last.GetRange().Pictures.Add();
                          pic1.ImageData.SetImage(content, "jpg/JPG");

  The sample also shows how to load the images from the same server in WebApi.
  
  Hope it helps!

  Regards,
  
  Manish Gupta

  ImagesInWord_PDF_Local_External.zip

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  smakilan

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  Posted 13 September 2023, 5:21 am EST

  Hi Manish, this works as expected.
  
  Thank you very much!