using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace BlazorWasmUpload.Shared
{
    public class User
    {
        [Required]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [Range(18, 90)]
        public int Age { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace BlazorWasmUpload.Server.Controllers
{
    [ApiController]
    [Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
    public class FilesController : ControllerBase
    {
        [HttpPost]
        public async Task<IActionResult> CreateUser(
            [FromForm] User userModel,
            [FromForm] IList<IFormFile> inputFiles = null)

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Forms;

namespace BlazorWasmUpload.Client.Services
{
    public interface IFilesManagerService
    {
        Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostModelWithFilesAsync<T>(string requestUri,
            IEnumerable<IBrowserFile> browserFiles,
            string fileParameterName,
            T model,
            string modelParameterName);
    }

    public class FilesManagerService : IFilesManagerService
    {
        private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;

        public FilesManagerService(HttpClient httpClient)
        {
            _httpClient = httpClient;
        }

        public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostModelWithFilesAsync<T>(
            string requestUri,
            IEnumerable<IBrowserFile> browserFiles,
            string fileParameterName,
            T model,
            string modelParameterName)
        {
            var requestContent = new MultipartFormDataContent();
            requestContent.Headers.ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("form-data");

            if (browserFiles?.Any() == true)
            {
                foreach (var file in browserFiles)
                {
                    var stream = file.OpenReadStream(maxAllowedSize: 512000 * 1000);
                    requestContent.Add(content: new StreamContent(stream, (int)file.Size), name: fileParameterName, fileName: file.Name);
                }
            }

            requestContent.Add(
                content: new StringContent(JsonSerializer.Serialize(model), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"),
                name: modelParameterName);

            var result = await _httpClient.PostAsync(requestUri, requestContent);
            result.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            return result;
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorWasmUpload.Client
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            var builder = WebAssemblyHostBuilder.CreateDefault(args);
            // ...

            builder.Services.AddScoped<IFilesManagerService, FilesManagerService>();

            // ...
        }
    }
}

@code
{
    IReadOnlyList<IBrowserFile> SelectedFiles;
    User UserModel = new User();
    bool isProcessing;
    string UploadErrorMessage;

@page "/"

@using System.IO
@using BlazorWasmUpload.Shared
@using BlazorWasmUpload.Client.Services

@inject IFilesManagerService FilesManagerService

<h3>Post a model with files</h3>

<EditForm Model="UserModel" OnValidSubmit="CreateUserAsync">
    <DataAnnotationsValidator />
    <div>
        <label>Name</label>
        <InputText @bind-Value="UserModel.Name"></InputText>
        <ValidationMessage For="()=>UserModel.Name"></ValidationMessage>
    </div>
    <div>
        <label>Age</label>
        <InputNumber @bind-Value="UserModel.Age"></InputNumber>
        <ValidationMessage For="()=>UserModel.Age"></ValidationMessage>
    </div>
    <div>
        <label>Photos</label>
        <InputFile multiple disabled="@isProcessing" OnChange="OnInputFileChange" />
        @if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(UploadErrorMessage))
        {
            <div>
                @UploadErrorMessage
            </div>
        }
        @if (SelectedFiles?.Count > 0)
        {
            <table>
                <thead>
                    <tr>
                        <th>Name</th>
                        <th>Size (bytes)</th>
                        <th>Last Modified</th>
                        <th>Type</th>
                    </tr>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                    @foreach (var selectedFile in SelectedFiles)
                    {
                        <tr>
                            <td>@selectedFile.Name</td>
                            <td>@selectedFile.Size</td>
                            <td>@selectedFile.LastModified</td>
                            <td>@selectedFile.ContentType</td>
                        </tr>
                    }
                </tbody>
            </table>
        }
    </div>
    <div>
        <button disabled="@isProcessing">Create user</button>
    </div>
</EditForm>

    private void OnInputFileChange(InputFileChangeEventArgs args)
    {
        var files = args.GetMultipleFiles(maximumFileCount: 15);
        if (args.FileCount == 0 || files.Count == 0)
        {
            UploadErrorMessage = "Please select a file.";
            return;
        }

        var allowedExtensions = new List<string> { ".jpg", ".png", ".jpeg" };
        if(!files.Any(file => allowedExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(file.Name), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
        {
            UploadErrorMessage = "Please select .jpg/.jpeg/.png files only.";
            return;
        }

        SelectedFiles = files;
        UploadErrorMessage = string.Empty;
    }

    private async Task CreateUserAsync()
    {
        try
        {
            isProcessing = true;
            await FilesManagerService.PostModelWithFilesAsync(
                        requestUri: "api/Files/CreateUser",
                        browserFiles: SelectedFiles,
                        fileParameterName: "inputFiles",
                        model: UserModel,
                        modelParameterName: "userModel");
            UserModel = new User();
        }
        finally
        {
            isProcessing = false;
            SelectedFiles = null;
        }
    }

using System.IO;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using BlazorWasmUpload.Shared;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using System.Text.Json;
using BlazorWasmUpload.Server.Utils;
using System.Linq;

namespace BlazorWasmUpload.Server.Controllers
{
    [ApiController]
    [Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
    public class FilesController : ControllerBase
    {
        private const int MaxBufferSize = 0x10000;

        private readonly IWebHostEnvironment _webHostEnvironment;
        private readonly ILogger<FilesController> _logger;

        public FilesController(
            IWebHostEnvironment webHostEnvironment,
            ILogger<FilesController> logger)
        {
            _webHostEnvironment = webHostEnvironment;
            _logger = logger;
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public async Task<IActionResult> CreateUser(
            //[FromForm] string userModel, // <-- this is the actual form of the posted model
            [ModelBinder(BinderType = typeof(JsonModelBinder)), FromForm] User userModel,
            [FromForm] IList<IFormFile> inputFiles = null)
        {
            /*var user = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<User>(userModel);
            _logger.LogInformation($"userModel.Name: {user.Name}");
            _logger.LogInformation($"userModel.Age: {user.Age}");*/

            _logger.LogInformation($"userModel.Name: {userModel.Name}");
            _logger.LogInformation($"userModel.Age: {userModel.Age}");

            var uploadsRootFolder = Path.Combine(_webHostEnvironment.WebRootPath, "Files");
            if (!Directory.Exists(uploadsRootFolder))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(uploadsRootFolder);
            }

            if (inputFiles?.Any() == true)
            {
                foreach (var file in inputFiles)
                {
                    if (file == null || file.Length == 0)
                    {
                        continue;
                    }

                    var filePath = Path.Combine(uploadsRootFolder, file.FileName);
                    using var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath,
                                                            FileMode.Create,
                                                            FileAccess.Write,
                                                            FileShare.None,
                                                            MaxBufferSize,
                                                            useAsync: true);
                    await file.CopyToAsync(fileStream);
                    _logger.LogInformation($"Saved file: {filePath}");
                }
            }

            return Ok();
        }
    }
}

[ModelBinder(BinderType = typeof(JsonModelBinder)), FromForm] User userModel,

using System;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding;

namespace BlazorWasmUpload.Server.Utils
{
    public class JsonModelBinder : IModelBinder
    {
        public Task BindModelAsync(ModelBindingContext bindingContext)
        {
            if (bindingContext == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(bindingContext));
            }

            var valueProviderResult = bindingContext.ValueProvider.GetValue(bindingContext.ModelName);
            if (valueProviderResult != ValueProviderResult.None)
            {
                bindingContext.ModelState.SetModelValue(bindingContext.ModelName, valueProviderResult);

                var valueAsString = valueProviderResult.FirstValue;
                var result = JsonSerializer.Deserialize(valueAsString, bindingContext.ModelType);
                if (result != null)
                {
                    bindingContext.Result = ModelBindingResult.Success(result);
                    return Task.CompletedTask;
                }
            }

            return Task.CompletedTask;
        }
    }
}

[HttpPost]
public async Task<IActionResult> CreateUser(
            [FromForm] string userModel, // <-- this is the actual form of the posted model
            [FromForm] IList<IFormFile> inputFiles = null)
{
  var user = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<User>(userModel);