express fileupload : no such file or directory - node.js

Question

I am using express-file package. I use it like this:
const upload = require('express-fileupload');
app.use(upload({
createParentPath: true
}));
This is how I store:
await req.files.main_image.mv('./public/images/movies/'+main_image);
I already have public/images directory created. I don't have movies directory in public/images directory though.
When It works: If I have /public/images/movies directory already created, it works
When it doesn't work: If I don't have /public/images/movies directory created, but have /public/images directory. Then it says:
ENOENT: no such file or directory, open
'C:\Users\glagh\Desktop\Work\MoviesAdviser\public\images\movies\1554741546720-8485.11521.brussels.the-hotel-brussels.amenity.restaurant-AD3WAP2L-13000-853x480.jpeg
What to do so that it automatically creates /movies directory and put the image there?

Answer 1

Express-fileupload uses the following code to create the directory-path which you pass to the .mv function:
const checkAndMakeDir = function(fileUploadOptions, filePath){
//Check upload options were set.
if (!fileUploadOptions) return false;
if (!fileUploadOptions.createParentPath) return false;
//Check whether folder for the file exists.
if (!filePath) return false;
const parentPath = path.dirname(filePath);
//Create folder if it is not exists.
if (!fs.existsSync(parentPath)) fs.mkdirSync(parentPath);
return true;
};
The problem is that fs.mkdirSync() does not create the full path with the parent directories you specifiy (note that you'd use mkdir -p on the shell to create the whole folder structure) -> checkout How to create full path with node's fs.mkdirSync? for more information.
What you could do is use a module like fs-extra and use its function ensureDir which would create the corresponding parent directories (if they don't exist yet) before calling the .mv() function.
Or in case you're node version is >= 10 use the native {rescursive:true} option which you can pass to fs.mkdirSync.