How to create byte array from HttpPostedFile

I'm using an image component that has a FromBinary method. Wondering how do I convert my input stream into a byte array

HttpPostedFile file = context.Request.Files[0];
byte[] buffer = new byte[file.ContentLength];
file.InputStream.Read(buffer, 0, file.ContentLength);

ImageElement image = ImageElement.FromBinary(byteArray);

Use a BinaryReader object to return a byte array from the stream like:

byte[] fileData = null;
using (var binaryReader = new BinaryReader(Request.Files[0].InputStream))
{
    fileData = binaryReader.ReadBytes(Request.Files[0].ContentLength);
}

BinaryReader b = new BinaryReader(file.InputStream);
byte[] binData = b.ReadBytes(file.InputStream.Length);

line 2 should be replaced with

byte[] binData = b.ReadBytes(file.ContentLength);

It won't work if your file InputStream.Position is set to the end of the stream. My additional lines:

Stream stream = file.InputStream;
stream.Position = 0;

in your question, both buffer and byteArray seem to be byte[]. So:

ImageElement image = ImageElement.FromBinary(buffer);

before stream.copyto, you must reset stream.position to 0; then it works fine.

For images if your using Web Pages v2 use the WebImage Class

var webImage = new System.Web.Helpers.WebImage(Request.Files[0].InputStream);
byte[] imgByteArray = webImage.GetBytes();