Bug fix

SecureSharing.Data/Data/Message.cs

 {
     public string Text { get; set; }
     public string Code { get; set; }
-    public List<FileModel> FileNames { get; set; }
+    public List<FileModel> FileNames { get; } = new();
     public bool IsValid { get; set; }
     public DateTime? ExpiryDate { get; set; }
 }

SecureSharing/Controllers/HomeController.cs

     [HttpPost]
     public async Task<IActionResult> CreateMessage(MessageModel model)
     {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(model.Text) && model.Files.Count == 0 && string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.FilesAsText))
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(model.Text) && model.Files.Count == 0 && model.FilesAsText == "978682e8-3ce7-4258-b731-d027b5b213aa")
             return Redirect("/");
 
+        model.FilesAsText = model.FilesAsText != "978682e8-3ce7-4258-b731-d027b5b213aa" 
+            ? model.FilesAsText.Split("978682e8-3ce7-4258-b731-d027b5b213aa")[1] 
+            : "";
+        
         var message = new MessageDto { Text = model.Text };
 
         await UploadFiles(model, message);
         return View(model);
     }
 
-
     public IActionResult Privacy()
     {
         return View();

SecureSharing/Views/Home/Index.cshtml

                 <span style="color:#0D1C52">Drag and drop files here or</span> browse
             </label>
             <input asp-for="Files" id="fileInput" type="file" multiple style="display: none"/>
-            <input asp-for="FilesAsText" id="fileInputAsText" type="text" style="display:none"/>
+            <input asp-for="FilesAsText" id="fileInputAsText" type="text" style="display:none" value="978682e8-3ce7-4258-b731-d027b5b213aa"/>
         </div>
     </div>
 
         Your files
     </div>
     <div id="filesUploaded">
-
     </div>
 
     <button class=" btn btn-light share-button" type="submit">Share</button>

SecureSharing/Views/Home/Link.cshtml

                 @Model.MessageModel.Text
             </div>
         }
-        @if (Model.MessageModel.FileNames.Count > 0)
+        if (Model.MessageModel.FileNames.Count > 0)
         {
             <div class="label-text">
                 Files: