Node.js and Multer - Handle the destination of the uploaded file in callback function (req,res)

Question

I\'m new to Node.js and I ran into a simple problem lately.

I\'m using multer module to upload images. In my web app all the users have a unique id, and I wa

Answer 1

you can solve this just referring to the input name and rename the path before assigning it.

app.use(multer({ dest: './standard_folder/',
    rename: function (fieldname, filename) {

      var pathHelper ='';
      if(fieldname =='otherKindOfFolderNeeded'){
        pathHelper = '../../path/to/other/folder/';
      }
      return pathHelper+uuid.v4()+Date.now();
    },
    onFileUploadStart: function (file) {
      console.log(file.originalname + ' is starting ...')
    },
    onFileUploadComplete: function (file) {
      console.log(file.fieldname + ' uploaded to  ' + file.path)
      done=true;
    }
  })
);