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1/7/2015 - 11:02 PM

File upload example using busboy with express

File upload example using busboy with express

server.js
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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)

});