form.parse() method is not invoking in node.js

Question

form.parse() method is not invoking in node.js

I am using formidable package to upload a file. This is my server side code.

var formidable = require('formidable'),
    http = require('http'),
    util = require('util');
    app.post('/admin/uploads', function(req, res) {
         console.log(req.files, req.fields);//It prints
         var form = new formidable.IncomingForm(); 
         form.parse(req, function(err, fields, files) {
        console.log("Inside form parse.");//its not printing
        console.log(err, fields, files);//its not printing
         });
    form.on('file', function(name, file) {console.log('file='+file);});//its not printing
    form.on('error', function(err) { console.log(err); });//its not printing
    form.on('aborted', function() { console.log('Aborted'); });//its not printing
    console.log(form);//it prints


  });

In the above code, form.parse() method is not invoke.Please give solution for this issue.

node.js
formidable

Answer 1

It might be that you need to remove body parser

delete app.use(express.bodyParser());

Answer 2

Please add the error handlers and send the error message otherwise it is hard to get an answer.

form.on('error', function(err) { console.log(err); });
form.on('aborted', function() { console.log('Aborted'); });

See the formidable documentation : doc

Answer 3

Call form.parse(...) after all on(...) events.

app.post('/admin/uploads', function(req, res) {
    var form = new formidable.IncomingForm(); 
    form.on('file', function(name, file) { });
    form.on('error', function(err) { });
    form.on('aborted', function() { });
    form.parse(req, function(err, fields, files) { });
});