NodeJS Multer is not working
I don't see you calling any API to upload file on click of submit button. Let me give you more comprehensive implementation.
multer config in app.js
app.use(multer({ dest: './uploads/', rename: function (fieldname, filename) { return filename.replace(/\W+/g, '-').toLowerCase() + Date.now() }, onFileUploadStart: function (file) { console.log(file.fieldname + ' is starting ...') }, onFileUploadData: function (file, data) { console.log(data.length + ' of ' + file.fieldname + ' arrived') }, onFileUploadComplete: function (file) { console.log(file.fieldname + ' uploaded to ' + file.path) }}));
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<form id="uploadProfilePicForm" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="/user/profile_pic_upload" method="post"> <input type="file" multiple="multiple" id="userPhotoInput" name="userPhoto" accept="image/*" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Upload"></form>
End point '/user/profile_pic_upload
' POST calls uploadProfilePic
in controller
var control = require('../controllers/controller');app.post('/user/profile_pic_upload',control.uploadProfilePic);
Upload profile pic logic in users controller
uploadProfilePic = function(req,res){ // get the temporary location of the file var tmp_path = req.files.userPhoto.path; // set where the file should actually exists var target_path = '/Users/narendra/Documents/Workspaces/NodeExpressWorkspace/MongoExpressUploads/profile_pic/' + req.files.userPhoto.name; // move the file from the temporary location to the intended location fs.rename(tmp_path, target_path, function(err) { if (err) throw err; // delete the temporary file, so that the explicitly set temporary upload dir does not get filled with unwanted files fs.unlink(tmp_path, function() { if (err) { throw err; }else{ var profile_pic = req.files.userPhoto.name; //use profile_pic to do other stuffs like update DB or write rendering logic here. }; }); });};
Try this
var multer = require('multer')var storage = multer.diskStorage({ destination: function (request, file, callback) { callback(null, './uploads/'); }, filename: function (request, file, callback) { console.log(file); callback(null, file.originalname) }});var upload = multer({ storage: storage });app.post('/', upload.single('photo'), function (req, res) { console.log(req.body) // form fields console.log(req.file) // form files res.status(204).end()});
ref: http://wiki.workassis.com/nodejs-express-get-post-multipart-request-handling-example/