Node.js/Express Async File Upload

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Node.js/Express Async File Upload

I've pawed through numerous (and mostly outdated) older stack overflow and Google answers and can't find a damn thing that works with the latest versions of Node and Express.

What is the current go-to plugin for async file uploads?

EDIT: I'm uploading the files to my Node.js server. It's running Express. It should be able to handle any file types.

javascript
node.js
express

Answer 1

I use formidable for file uploads. You can either store them inside of a directory or you can use Amazon S3 to store them on their servers. It works like a charm.

Here is what some code looks like:

  // At the top of your modules
  var formidable = require('formidable');

  var form = new formidable.IncomingForm(); //Receive form

  form.parse(req, function(err, fields, files) { //Parse form and data
     // Do form stuff, you can access the files
  });

With jQuery, you can do the following:

     $('#your_form').on('submit', function(e) {
        var formData = new FormData($(this)[0]);
        $.ajax({
            url : '/your/url/',
            type: 'POST',
            contentType: 'multipart/form-data',
            data: formData,
            success: function (msg) {
               console.log(msg);
            },
            contentType: false,
            processData: false
        });

        e.preventDefault();
    });