multer save image without mimetype - node.js

Question

I'm using "multer": "^1.0.6", And i Want to save image in upload folder.
My code is
app.post('/post', multer({dest: './uploads/'}).single('file'), function (req, res) {
response = {
message: 'File uploaded successfully',
filename: req.file.filename
};
res.end(JSON.stringify(response));
});
But I Have the file with this name in upload folder 8e6e425f8756e0bafb40ed1a3cb86964
Why I have this name without mimetype?

Answer 1

Multer saves files without extensions you can read this on GitHub:
filename is used to determine what the file should be named inside the folder. If no filename is given, each file will be given a random name that doesn't include any file extension.
If you want to save with the extension that you write your code like here:
var storage = multer.diskStorage({
destination: function (req, file, cb) {
cb(null, '/tmp/my-uploads')
},
filename: function (req, file, cb) {
cb(null, file.originalname); // modified here or user file.mimetype
}
})
var upload = multer({ storage: storage })
All information you can find here https://github.com/expressjs/multer/blob/master/README.md

Answer 2

Multer not worried about the extension of the file and leave it completely on your side: you have to define itself a function that will do it. For example, like this:
var multer = require('multer');
var upload = multer({ storage: multer.diskStorage({
destination: function (req, file, cb) {
cb(null, './uploads');
},
filename: function (req, file, cb) {
var ext = require('path').extname(file.originalname);
ext = ext.length>1 ? ext : "." + require('mime').extension(file.mimetype);
require('crypto').pseudoRandomBytes(16, function (err, raw) {
cb(null, (err ? undefined : raw.toString('hex') ) + ext);
});
}
})});
app.post('/post', upload.single('file'), function (req, res) {
response = {
message: 'File uploaded successfully',
filename: req.file.filename
};
res.end(JSON.stringify(response));
});