Uploading multiple files to Google Cloud using multer and Node.js - node.js

Question

I am trying to upload multiple files to Google Cloud bucket using Node.js and multer. It works with multer.single function but I don't know how to upload multiple images at once.
const bucket = gc.bucket('still-cover');
// Multer is required to process file uploads and make them available via
// req.files.
const multer = Multer({
storage: Multer.memoryStorage(),
limits: {
fileSize: 5 * 1024 * 1024, // no larger than 5mb, you can change as needed.
},
});
Router.post('/test/upload',multer.array('files',5),async(req,res)=>{
if (!req.files) {
res.status(400).send('No file uploaded.');
return;
}
// Create a new blob in the bucket and upload the file data.
const blob = bucket.file(req.files.originalname);
const blobStream = blob.createWriteStream();
blobStream.on('finish', res => {});
blobStream.on('finish', () => {
// The public URL can be used to directly access the file via HTTP.
const publicUrl = `https://storage.googleapis.com/${bucket.name}/${blob.name}`
res.status(200).send(publicUrl);
});
blobStream.end(req.files.buffer);
});

Answer 1

You can use multer.array('files', numberoffiles) or multer.any()to upload files to your Google Cloud Storage Bucket. You can use the following code to upload multiple files using Multer:
const express = require('express');
const path = require('path');
const cors = require('cors');
const Multer = require('multer');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const {Storage} = require('#google-cloud/storage');
// Creates a client
const storage = new Storage();
const bucket = storage.bucket('YOUR_BUCKET_NAME')
const PATH = './public/';
const app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));
const multer = Multer({
storage: Multer.memoryStorage(),
limits: {
fileSize: 5 * 1024 * 1024, // no larger than 5mb, you can change as needed.
},
});
app.get('/', function(req, res){
res.json({
json: "json"
});
})
// You can also use multer.array('data', numberofFiles)
app.post('/', multer.any(), function(req, res) {
console.log(req.files);
var counter = 0;
if (!req.files) {
res.status(400).send('No file uploaded.');
return;
}
// Create a new blob in the bucket and upload the file data.
req.files.forEach((fil) => {
const blob = bucket.file(fil.originalname);
const blobStream = blob.createWriteStream();
blobStream.on('finish', () => {
counter+=1
// The public URL can be used to directly access the file via HTTP.
const publicUrl = `https://storage.googleapis.com/${bucket.name}/${blob.name}`
if(counter>=2){
res.status(200).send(publicUrl);
}
});
blobStream.end(req.files.buffer);
});
});
app.listen(3000, function () {
console.log("Working on port 3000");
});

Answer 2

On the line blobStream.end(req.files.buffer); replace files.buffer with fil.buffer.