Display File Location for Each Uploaded File

Updated on Dec 10, 2025

Environment

Product	Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Upload
Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC version	Created with the 2023.3.1114 version

Description

How can I display the location of the uploaded file as a link within the Upload component?

Solution

1. Define an Upload component in asynchronous mode.
2. Use the TemplateId option to define a template for rendering the files in the file list.
3. Update the Save Action method to return the file location of the uploaded file.
4. Subscribe to the Success event to intercept the received file location from the server. Select the anchor tag within the file template with jQuery and update the href attribute with the respective file location.

Razor

    @(Html.Kendo().Upload()
        .Name("files")
        .TemplateId("fileTemplate")
        .Async(a => a
            .Save("Async_Save", "Home")
            .Remove("Remove", "Home")
            .AutoUpload(true)
        )
        .Events(ev => ev.Success("onSuccess"))
    )

    <script id="fileTemplate" type="text/x-kendo-template">
        <span class="k-progress"></span>
        <span class="k-file-group-wrapper">
            <span class="k-file-group k-icon k-i-file-image"></span>
            <span class="k-file-state"></span>
        </span>
        <span class="k-file-name-size-wrapper">
            <span class="k-file-name"><a href="" target="_blank">#=data.name#</a></span>
        </span>
        <strong class="k-upload-status">
            <button type="button" class="k-button k-icon-button k-button-md k-rounded-md k-button-flat k-button-flat-base k-upload-action"><span class="k-button-icon k-icon k-i-close k-i-x" title="Remove"></span>
            </button>
        </strong>
    </script>

JS

    <script>
        function onSuccess(e) {
            var uploadedFileName = e.files[0].name;
            var fileLocation = e.response.location;
            var fileLocationLinks = $(".k-file-name a");
            $.each(fileLocationLinks, function () {
                if ($(this).text() == uploadedFileName) {
                    $(this).attr("href", fileLocation);
                }
            });
        }
    </script>

C#

    public ActionResult Async_Save(IEnumerable<HttpPostedFileBase> files)
    {
        string filesLocation = null;
        if (files != null)
        {
            foreach (var file in files)
            {
                var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
                var physicalPath = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/App_Data"), fileName);
                filesLocation = physicalPath;
                file.SaveAs(physicalPath);
            }
        }
        return Json(new { location = filesLocation }, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }

More ASP.NET MVC Upload Resources

• ASP.NET MVC Upload Documentation

• ASP.NET MVC Upload Demos

• ASP.NET MVC Upload Product Page

• Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Video Onboarding Course (Free for trial users and license holders)

• Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Forums

See Also

• Client-Side API Reference of the Upload for ASP.NET MVC

• Server-Side API Reference of the Upload for ASP.NET MVC

• Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Breaking Changes

• Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Knowledge Base