Store the uploaded files into file system in Express Js - node.js

Question

I am new to nodejs and want to know how to put a file into my system backend or even upload it to S3 etc.
Here are the file object:
req.body { homeColor: 'black',
guestColor: 'white',
thirdColor: 'red',
file:
{ webkitRelativePath: '',
lastModifiedDate: '2014-05-05T02:26:11.000Z',
name: '2014-05-05 10.26.11.jpg',
type: 'image/jpeg',
size: 1310720 },
title: 'tfuyiboinini' }
How to handle req.body.file so that it can be physically saved?
Please help and thanks!

Answer 1

long story short
var fs = require('fs');
app.post('/file-upload', function(req, res) {
var tmp_path = req.files.thumbnail.path;
var target_path = './public/images/' + req.files.thumbnail.name;
fs.rename(tmp_path, target_path, function(err) {
if (err) throw err;
fs.unlink(tmp_path, function() {
if (err) throw err;
res.send('File uploaded to: ' + target_path + ' - ' + req.files.thumbnail.size + ' bytes');
});
});
};
you can read more about it here:
http://www.hacksparrow.com/handle-file-uploads-in-express-node-js.html

Answer 2

First make sure your POST is encoded as enctype="multipart/form-data"....
In Express 4 you need to set the body parser in your server:
var bodyParser = require('dy-parser');
//...
var app = express();
//...
app.use(bodyParser()); // pull information from html in POST
var busboy = require('connect-busboy');
app.use(busboy());
In earlier version of Express you only needed to add the body parser from the framework itself and files will be store on the configured location:
app.use(express.bodyParser({limit: '10mb', uploadDir: __dirname + '/public/uploads' })); // pull information from html in POST
Since version 4 removed support for connect now you need to add your custom support for multipart/form data to parser multi/part POSTs, so you will have to to do something like:
var fs = require('fs');
var busboy = require('connect-busboy');
//...
app.use(busboy());
//...
app.post('/fileupload', function(req, res) {
var fstream;
req.pipe(req.busboy);
req.busboy.on('file', function (fieldname, file, filename) {
console.log("Uploading: " + filename);
fstream = fs.createWriteStream(__dirname + '/files/' + filename);
file.pipe(fstream);
fstream.on('close', function () {
res.redirect('back');
});
});
});

Answer 3

This topic already shared the correct answer so might It is helpful.
Also, please find the below solution.
var express = require('express');
var busboy = require('connect-busboy');
var path = require('path');
var fs = require('fs-extra');
var app = express();
app.use(busboy());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.route('/fileupload')
.post(function (req, res, next) {
var fstream;
req.pipe(req.busboy);
req.busboy.on('file', function (fieldname, file, filename) {
console.log("Uploading: " + filename);
//Path where image will be uploaded
fstream = fs.createWriteStream(__dirname + '/img/' + filename);
file.pipe(fstream);
fstream.on('close', function () {
console.log("Uploading process finish " + filename);
// res.redirect('back');
});
});
});