ASP.NET Core how to upload image to SQL Server database?

Question

I am trying to do a simple app to register users to a database with name, surname, profile photo etc. then edit or delete them. I am planning to upload the image as IFileForm, then convert it to varbinary for SQL Server. But I am having a problem on how to implement uploading the image. The code works for other members. Any help would be appreciated.

My user model class for API

public partial class User
{
    public string UserId { get; set; };
    public string UserName { get; set; };
    public string UserSurname { get; set; };
    public string UserBirthdate { get; set; };
    public byte[] UserPicture { get; set; };
}

Post method for my API

public async Task<ActionResult<User>> PostUser(User user)
{
    _context.UserTable1s.Add(user);

    try
    {
        await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
    }
    catch (DbUpdateException)
    {
        if (UserExists(user.UserId))
        {
             return Conflict();
        }
        else
        {
            throw;
        }
    } 

    return CreatedAtAction("GetUser", new { id = user.UserId }, user);
}

My user model for Web App

public class User
{
    public string UserId { get; set; }
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    public string UserSurname { get; set; }
    public string UserBirthdate { get; set; }
    public IFormFile UserPicture { get; set; }
}

Post method for Web App to consume API

public async Task<IActionResult> AddUser(User user)
{
    User receivedUser = new User();

    using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
    {
        StringContent content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(user), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

        using (var response = await httpClient.PostAsync("https://localhost:7252/api/Users", content))
        {
            string apiResponse = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            receivedUser = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<User>(apiResponse);
        }
    }

    return View(receivedUser);
}

And finally the view for AddUser. Removed the code for other members because too long.

 <div class="col-md-4">
        <form asp-action="AddUser" enctype="multipart/form-data">
            <div asp-validation-summary="ModelOnly" class="text-danger"></div>
            /*some more code here for other members*/
            <div class="form-group">
                <label asp-for="UserPicture" type="file"class="control-label">User Picture</label>
                <input asp-for="UserPicture" type="file" class="form-control" />
                <span asp-validation-for="UserPicture" class="text-danger"></span>
            </div>
            <div class="form-group">
                <input type="submit" value="Create" class="btn btn-primary" />
            </div>
        </form>
    </div>

EDIT: I managed to make it work after editing vega_gf's answer a little. I am pretty sure it is not the most optimal way but it works for now.

My AddUser method now:

public async Task<IActionResult> AddUser(User user, [FromForm]IFormFile imgfile)
{
    User receivedUser = new User();
    using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
    {
            if (imgfile != null)
            {
                using var dataStream = new MemoryStream();
                await imgfile.CopyToAsync(dataStream);
                byte[] imageBytes = dataStream.ToArray();
                string base64String = Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes);
                user.UserPicture = base64String;
            }
        
        StringContent content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(user), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

        using (var response = await httpClient.PostAsync("https://localhost:7252/api/Users", content))
        {
            string apiResponse = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            receivedUser = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<User>(apiResponse);
        }
    }
    return View(receivedUser);
}

Added an IFormFile imgfile property to my model and used it in view like this:

<div class="form-group">
                <label asp-for="imgfile" type="file"class="control-label">User Picture</label>
                <input asp-for="imgfile" type="file" class="form-control" />
                <span asp-validation-for="imgfile" class="text-danger"></span>
            </div>