How to restrict file types with HTML input file type?

Asked 2009-12-30T02:43:08.050

How do I restrict file types with the HTML input file type?

I have this

<input type="file" id="fileUpload" name="fileUpload" size="23" accept="Calendar/ics"/>

I am trying to restrict the type to only the iCalendar format type.

I also want to check it on the server side. How do I do this in ASP.NET MVC?

c# .net html asp.net-mvc

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instaed of accept you should use contetypes attribute notice that there is single "t" in contentypes

and in server code check like this

HttpPostedFileBase file = Request.Files[0];

if(!file.ContentType.startsWith("text/calendar")) { //Error }

hope this will sove your problem Mark my answer if it will.

answered 2009-12-30T12:22:53.220