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Create Express Server to upload file

Xanthous Xenomorph answered on April 27, 2022 Popularity 10/10 Helpfulness 2/10

answer Create Express Server to upload file

related upload files to express using express-fileupload

Create Express Server to upload file

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app.post('/upload-avatar', async (req, res) => {
    try {
        if(!req.files) {
            res.send({
                status: false,
                message: 'No file uploaded'
            });
        } else {
            //Use the name of the input field (i.e. "avatar") to retrieve the uploaded file
            let avatar = req.files.avatar;
            
            //Use the mv() method to place the file in the upload directory (i.e. "uploads")
            avatar.mv('./uploads/' + avatar.name);

            //send response
            res.send({
                status: true,
                message: 'File is uploaded',
                data: {
                    name: avatar.name,
                    mimetype: avatar.mimetype,
                    size: avatar.size
                }
            });
        }
    } catch (err) {
        res.status(500).send(err);
    }
});

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Contributed on Nov 24 2022

Xanthous Xenomorph

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const fileUpload = require('express-fileupload');
app.post('/upload', fileUpload, (req, res) => {
  //Now you can use req.files.file to access the file input with name="file"
  user.avatar = {data: req.files.file.data, contentType: req.files.file.mimetype};
  //Now perform user.save
})

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Contributed on Apr 27 2022

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