Express can't upload file, req.files is undefined

express, node.js

Solution

Add the following in your app.js

app.configure(function(){
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(express.bodyParser({keepExtensions:true,uploadDir:path.join(__dirname,'/files'}));

});

And then try to access as follows;

req.files.task

It is recommended not to use bodyParser, but to simply define the type of handling you want. In your case since its file uploading, you can enable it as follows

   app.configure(function(){
    app.use(express.methodOverride());
    app.use(express.multipart());
   });

You can read about why using bodyParser() is not a good idea in the following link.

http://andrewkelley.me/post/do-not-use-bodyparser-with-express-js.html

Problem

I really apologize if I'm leaving something out and am totally stupid, but I've checked and checked over again a number of times, and the file upload functionality is just not working over here. I made a super minimal app to demonstate. Just generated a new express app with the most up-to-date version (3.4.7) and added the least i could to make a file upload work. Here's my app.js file ``` /** * Module dependencies. */ var express = require('express'); var http = require('http'); var path = require('path'); var app = express(); // all environments app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000); app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views')); app.set('view engine', 'jade'); app.use(express.favicon()); app.use(express.logger('dev')); app.use(express.json()); app.use(express.urlencoded()); app.use(express.methodOverride()); app.use(app.router); app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'))); // development only if ('development' == app.get('env')) { app.use(express.errorHandler()); } app.get('/tasks', function(req, res) { res.render('form'); }); app.post('/tasks', function(req, res) { console.log(req.files); res.send('ok'); }); http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){ console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port')); }); exports = module.exports = app; ``` And here's my form.jade view file: ``` doctype html html head title Task Upload body form(action='/tasks', method='post', enctype='multipart/form-data') input(name='task', type='file') input(type='submit') ``` Everytime I try to upload a file, `req.files` logs out `undefined`. Can anyone save me out from this problem?

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