ExpressJS Issue:
Most of the middleware is removed from express 4.
check out: http://www.github.com/senchalabs/connect#middleware
For multipart middleware like busboy, busboy-connect, formidable, flow, parted is needed.
This example works using connect-busboy middleware.
create /img and /public folders.
Use the folder structure:
\server.js
\img\”where stuff is uploaded to”
\public\index.html
SERVER.JS
var express = require('express'); //Express Web Server
var busboy = require('connect-busboy'); //middleware for form/file upload
var path = require('path'); //used for file path
var fs = require('fs-extra'); //File System - for file manipulation
var app = express();
app.use(busboy());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
/* ==========================================================
Create a Route (/upload) to handle the Form submission
(handle POST requests to /upload)
Express v4 Route definition
============================================================ */
app.route('/upload')
.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("Upload Finished of " + filename);
res.redirect('back'); //where to go next
});
});
});
var server = app.listen(3030, function() {
console.log('Listening on port %d', server.address().port);
});
INDEX.HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" ng-app="APP">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>angular file upload</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method='post' action='upload' enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="fileUploaded">
<input type="submit">
</body>
</html>
The following will work with formidable
SERVER.JS
var express = require('express'); //Express Web Server
var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); //connects bodyParsing middleware
var formidable = require('formidable');
var path = require('path'); //used for file path
var fs =require('fs-extra'); //File System-needed for renaming file etc
var app = express();
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
/* ==========================================================
bodyParser() required to allow Express to see the uploaded files
============================================================ */
app.use(bodyParser({defer: true}));
app.route('/upload')
.post(function (req, res, next) {
var form = new formidable.IncomingForm();
//Formidable uploads to operating systems tmp dir by default
form.uploadDir = "./img"; //set upload directory
form.keepExtensions = true; //keep file extension
form.parse(req, function(err, fields, files) {
res.writeHead(200, {'content-type': 'text/plain'});
res.write('received upload:\n\n');
console.log("form.bytesReceived");
//TESTING
console.log("file size: "+JSON.stringify(files.fileUploaded.size));
console.log("file path: "+JSON.stringify(files.fileUploaded.path));
console.log("file name: "+JSON.stringify(files.fileUploaded.name));
console.log("file type: "+JSON.stringify(files.fileUploaded.type));
console.log("astModifiedDate: "+JSON.stringify(files.fileUploaded.lastModifiedDate));
//Formidable changes the name of the uploaded file
//Rename the file to its original name
fs.rename(files.fileUploaded.path, './img/'+files.fileUploaded.name, function(err) {
if (err)
throw err;
console.log('renamed complete');
});
res.end();
});
});
var server = app.listen(3030, function() {
console.log('Listening on port %d', server.address().port);
});