How to set different destinations in nodejs using multer

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I'm trying to upload any file using Multer package. It's working fine when I use following code in my server.js file.

var express = require('express'),
    app = express(),
    multer = require('multer');
app.configure(function () {
    app.use(multer({
        dest: './static/uploads/',
        rename: function (fieldname, filename) {
            return filename.replace(/\W+/g, '-').toLowerCase();
        }
    }));
    app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/static'));
});

app.post('/api/upload', function (req, res) {
    res.send({image: true, file: req.files.userFile.originalname, savedAs: req.files.userFile.name});
});

var server = app.listen(3000, function () {
    console.log('listening on port %d', server.address().port);
});

What I want is to store file at different locations. I had tried following code but it does not work for me.

var express = require('express'),
    app = express(),
    multer = require('multer');
app.configure(function () {
    app.use(multer({
        //dest: './static/uploads/',
        rename: function (fieldname, filename) {
            return filename.replace(/\W+/g, '-').toLowerCase();
        }
    }));
    app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/static'));
});

app.post('/api/pdf', function (req, res) {
    app.use(multer({ dest: './static/pdf/'}));
    res.send({image: true, file: req.files.userFile.originalname, savedAs: req.files.userFile.name});
});

app.post('/api/image', function (req, res) {
    app.use(multer({ dest: './static/image/'}));
    res.send({image: true, file: req.files.userFile.originalname, savedAs: req.files.userFile.name});
});

app.post('/api/video', function (req, res) {
    app.use(multer({ dest: './static/video/'}));
    res.send({image: true, file: req.files.userFile.originalname, savedAs: req.files.userFile.name});
});

var server = app.listen(3000, function () {
    console.log('listening on port %d', server.address().port);
});

Means, if I hit http://localhost:3000/api/pdf file should store at 'pdf' folder, if I hit http://localhost:3000/api/video file should store at 'video' folder.

Is there any way to achieve this aim?

Jun 13, 2022 in Node-js by Vaani
• 7,070 points
5,608 views

1 answer to this question.

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With multer 1.2.1.

  1. You need to use DiskStorage to specify where & how of the stored file.
  2. By default, multer will use the operating system's default directory. In our case, since we are particular about the location. We need to ensure that the folder exists before we could save the file over there.

Note: You are responsible for creating the directory when providing destination as a function.

For more information.

'use strict';

let multer = require('multer');
let fs = require('fs-extra');

let upload = multer({
  storage: multer.diskStorage({
    destination: (req, file, callback) => {
      let type = req.params.type;
      let path = `./uploads/${type}`;
      fs.mkdirsSync(path);
      callback(null, path);
    },
    filename: (req, file, callback) => {
      //originalname is the uploaded file's name with extn
      callback(null, file.originalname);
    }
  })
});

app.post('/api/:type', upload.single('file'), (req, res) => {
  res.status(200).send();
});

fs-extra for creating directory, follow this link.

answered Jun 13, 2022 by Neha
• 9,020 points

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