public Task PostFormData() { // Check if the request contains multipart/form-data. if (!Request.Content.IsMimeMultipartContent()) { throw new HttpResponseException(HttpStatusCode.UnsupportedMediaType); } string root = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/App_Data"); var provider = new MultipartFormDataStreamProvider(root); // Read the form data and return an async task. var task = Request.Content.ReadAsMultipartAsync(provider). ContinueWith(t => { if (t.IsFaulted || t.IsCanceled) { Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError, t.Exception); } // This illustrates how to get the file names. foreach (MultipartFileData file in provider.FileData) { Trace.WriteLine(file.Headers.ContentDisposition.FileName); Trace.WriteLine("Server file path: " + file.LocalFileName); } return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK); }); return task; }