Physical file system provider

7 Apr 20252 minutes to read

The Physical file system provider allows the users to access and manage the physical file system. To get started, clone the Physical file system provider using the following command.

git clone https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/ej2-aspcore-file-provider  ej2-aspcore-file-provider

cd ej2-aspcore-file-provider

After cloning, just open the project in Visual Studio and restore the NuGet packages. Now, you need to set the root directory of the physical file system in the File Manager controller.

After setting the root directory of the file system, just build and run the project. Now, the project will be hosted in http://localhost:{port} and just mapping the ajaxSettings property of the File Manager component to the appropriate controller methods allows to manage the files in the physical file system.

@* Initializing File Manager with Physical file system provider *@

@* Replace the hosted port number in the place of "{port}" *@

<SfFileManager TValue="FileManagerDirectoryContent">
    <FileManagerAjaxSettings Url="http://localhost:{port}/api/FileManager/FileOperations"
                             UploadUrl="http://localhost:{port}/api/FileManager/Upload"
                             DownloadUrl="http://localhost:{port}/api/FileManager/Download"
                             GetImageUrl="http://localhost:{port}/api/FileManager/GetImage">
    </FileManagerAjaxSettings>
</SfFileManager>

To perform file operations (Read, Create, Rename, Delete, Get file details, Search, Copy, Move, Upload, Download, GetImage) in the Syncfusion^® Blazor File Manager component using the Physical file system provider, you need to initialize the physical service in the controller.

To initialize a local service with the above-mentioned file operations, create a new folder named Controllers inside the server part of the project. Then, create a new file with the extension .cs inside the Controllers folder and add the necessary file operations code available in the FileManagerController.cs found at this link. Additionally, you can check out all the necessary file operation method details for this provider in the same GitHub repository.

NOTE

To learn more about file actions that can be performed with Physical file system provider, refer to this link. When using a custom physical file provider in Syncfusion File Manager, installing a PhysicalFileProvider NuGet package is not required. The custom provider manages file operations independently, eliminating the need for additional dependencies.