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File upload example using busboy with express
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| var path = require('path'); | |
| var fs = require('fs'); | |
| var os = require('os'); | |
| var express = require('express'); | |
| var app = express(); | |
| var Busboy = require('busboy'); | |
| app.get('/', function (req, res) { | |
| res.send('<html><head></head><body>\ | |
| <form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">\ | |
| <input type="text" name="textfield"><br />\ | |
| <input type="file" name="filefield"><br />\ | |
| <input type="submit">\ | |
| </form>\ | |
| </body></html>'); | |
| res.end(); | |
| }); | |
| // accept POST request on the homepage | |
| app.post('/', function (req, res) { | |
| var busboy = new Busboy({ headers: req.headers }); | |
| busboy.on('file', function(fieldname, file, filename, encoding, mimetype) { | |
| var saveTo = path.join('.', filename); | |
| console.log('Uploading: ' + saveTo); | |
| file.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(saveTo)); | |
| }); | |
| busboy.on('finish', function() { | |
| console.log('Upload complete'); | |
| res.writeHead(200, { 'Connection': 'close' }); | |
| res.end("That's all folks!"); | |
| }); | |
| return req.pipe(busboy); | |
| }); | |
| var server = app.listen(3000, function () { | |
| var host = server.address().address | |
| var port = server.address().port | |
| console.log('Example app listening at http://%s:%s', host, port) | |
| }); |
don't use new keyword while creating busboy instance
wrong:
const bb=new busboy({headers:req.headers})
right:
const bb=busboy({headers:req.headers})
According to current version
I updated to "connect-busboy": "0.0.3" and it's worked for me.
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the busboy package had a major version update earlier this year. I was having issues with +v1. I reverted to v0.4 and it's now working
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