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 accomplish this using multer to handle the dynamic creation of upload directory. The input parameter(for which you want to create a directory) should be called before sending a file name.

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var multer = require('multer');
var fs = require('fs');
var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
app.use(bodyParser.json({limit: '5mb'}));
app.use( bodyParser.json() );       // to support JSON-encoded bodies
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({     // to support URL-encoded bodies
    extended: true,
    limit: '5mb'
}));

var storage =   multer.diskStorage({
    destination: function (req, file, callback) {
        var Id = req.body.id;
        upload_path = "./"+Id;
        mkdirp(upload_path, function (err) {
            if (err) console.error(err)
            else {
                console.log('Directory created');
                //setting destination.
                callback(null, upload_path);
            }
        });

    },
    filename: function (req, file, callback) {
        callback(null, file.orginalname)
    }
});
//multer setting and getting paramaters.
var upload = multer({ storage : storage }).single('upload_file');

//creating request for upload file
app.post('/uploadFile', function(req, res){
    res.set({ 'content-type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8' });
    res.header("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
    res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
    res.charset = 'utf-8';
    //function upload_process(){
    upload(req, res, function(err){
        if(err){
            console.log('Error-->');
            console.log(err);
            res.json({"status": "Failure", "message":'There was a problem uploading your files.'+err});
            return;
        }
        else{
            console.log("fieldname"+req.files.length);
            if( req.files.length != 0){
                res.json({"status" : "Success", "message":'Your files are uploaded.'});
                console.log('File uploaded!');
            }
            else{
                console.log("No file uploaded. Ensure file is uploaded.");
                res.json({"status" : "Failure", "message" : 'No file uploaded. Ensure file is uploaded.'});

            }
        }
    });

});

});

Hope this helps! Happy coding