Save image file to IBM Bluemix Node.js application - node.js

I have a Node.js application on IBM Bluemix.
I need to let the user upload a image. In my localhost, the image is save into the folder, no problems...
But when I do the same in production, the file isn't save to the server corresponding folder...
Someone can help?

Assuming this is a Cloud Foundry app ... the file system is ephemeral, you need to save the images somewhere external to the app for them to be persisted through app restarts.
There is a sample app that shows how to do this using Cloudant - https://github.com/IBM-Bluemix/nodejs-cloudant

You will need to specify the directory using __dirname , but every time you redeploy your application you will lose the files. Stoping and Restarting should be ok.

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