I have a page within my site that a user can submit basic information using 3 textareas. The data is sent to a MVC controller via ajax with a post action.
I want to add the option for a user to upload a file along with the other data. I do not want to have to use a form nor do I really want to use too many additional packages such as bootstrap. I want to keep everything as simple as possible for the moment.
Is it possible using basic JQuery and Ajax to have a file passed to a controller that I can then manipulate to either save in a database or to a fileserver without using a form?
Many of the examples that I have seen require a form. I don't have a form anywhere in my site and I'd like to keep it that way if possible.
I am fairly new to MVC development so I don' t need anything extremely complicated at the moment.
I'm using MVC 4 with C#
Thanks for the help!