In this post I describe how to read both JSON and binary data from a multipart/form-data request using two approaches - MultipartReader and IFormFile

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This article discusses the multipart/form-data format, how to send JSON and binary data as multipart/form-data, and how to read multipart/form-data using MultipartReader in ASP.NET Core. It also explores a method to simplify reading the request body using the IFormFile mechanism by including a filename in the Content-Disposition.

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