Node/Multer Get Filename

Question

I am using the following to upload files to a directory via Multer. It works great, but I need to perform some actions after upload that require the name of the file I just post

Answer 1

request.file gives the following stats, from which you would just need to pick request.file.originalname or request.file.filename to get the new filename created by nodejs app.

{ 
  fieldname: 'songUpload',
  originalname: '04. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin.mp3',
  encoding: '7bit',
  mimetype: 'audio/mp3',
  destination: './uploads',
  filename: 'songUpload-1476677312011',
  path: 'uploads/songUpload-1476677312011',
  size: 14058414 
}

Eg, in nodejs express mvc app with ecma-6,

var Express = require('express');
var app = Express();

var multipartUpload = Multer({storage: Multer.diskStorage({
    destination: function (req, file, callback) { callback(null, './uploads');},
    filename: function (req, file, callback) { callback(null, file.fieldname + '-' + Date.now());}})
}).single('songUpload');

app.post('/artists', multipartUpload, (req, resp) => {
     val originalFileName = req.file.originalname
     console.log(originalFileName)
}