Action Link Download - count download in another table

Question

Hi Friends,

I have been struggling for couple of days.(ASP MVC 5 )

I have action link download that download file successfully.

I also want when i click on download action link, i should also get the data inserted in the another table specifying download by, datetime and like that so that I could track the download times.

 

(code and attachment) 

 

  

Your suggestion and help will be hearty appreciated.

Arun Sahani

 

 

ITEM	Name	Details
0023	Online books	Asp.net	Download here
0024	Pdf materials	Asp.net MVC	Download here

 

When I click to Action link “Download Here” it redirect to

Action for download as

string file = "~/download_dir/" + attachment;

string contentType = "application/octet-stream";

return File(file, contentType, Path.GetFileName(file));

(Download complete)

Works fine up to here

I want also to insert the data into new table when clicked on above

“Download here” action link

Download by (userid)	Download date-time	Details	Download item
Arun1	201704170206	Asp.net	0023
Prina	201704170206	Asp.net MVC	0023