unable to start app in node.js getting the following error - node.js

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$ npm start
nodeauth#1.0.0 start C:\Users*****\Desktop\nodeauth
node ./bin/www
C:\Users***\Desktop\nodeauth\node_modules\express\lib\application.js:206
throw new TypeError('app.use() requires middleware functions');
^
TypeError: app.use() requires middleware functions
at EventEmitter.use >>...>
//app.js
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var expressValidator = require('express-validator');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var session = require('express-session');
var passport = require('passport');
var LocalStrategy = require('passport-local').Strategy;
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var multer = require('multer');
var flash = require('connect-flash');
var mongo = require('mongodb');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var db = mongoose.connection;
var routes = require('./routes/index');
var users = require('./routes/users');
var app = express();
// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
// Handle File Uploads
app.use(multer({dest:'./uploads'}));
// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
//app.use(favicon(__dirname + '/public/favicon.ico'));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
//Handle Express Sessions
app.use(session({
secret:'secret',
saveUninitialized: true,
resave:true
}));
// Passport
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
// Validator
app.use(expressValidator({
errorFormatter: function(param, msg, value) {
var namespace = param.split('.')
, root = namespace.shift()
, formParam = root;
while(namespace.length) {
formParam += '[' + namespace.shift() + ']';
}
return {
param : formParam,
msg : msg,
value : value
};
}
}));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use(flash());
app.use(function (req, res, next) {
res.locals.messages = require('express-messages')(req, res);
next();
});
app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);
// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var err = new Error('Not Found');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});
// error handlers
// development error handler
// will print stacktrace
if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
message: err.message,
error: err
});
});
}
// production error handler
// no stacktraces leaked to user
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
message: err.message,
error: {}
});
});
module.exports = app;

Answer 1

You need to use app.use(multer({dest:'./uploads/'})) in the form of one of these:
app.use(multer({dest:'./uploads/'}).single(...));
app.use(multer({dest:'./uploads/'}).array(...));
app.use(multer({dest:'./uploads/'}).fields(...));
ie:
app.use(multer({dest:'./uploads/'}).single('photo'));
And be sure to have something like:
<form action="/postPhotos" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="photo">
<input type="submit" value="Upload photo">
</form>
In your html.