How could I upload files in ExpressJS 4.x
express, node.js
Solution
If you want to upload files you need to be able to parse multipart content. You can either use to parse it or implement your own. Here's a list the modules that can help you:
Direct parsing (in descending popularity based on Github stars as of Nov 2016):
- formidable
- busboy
- multiparty
Middleware:
- multer - based on busboy, much more popular than options below
- busboy middleware - last commit April 2014
- multiparty middleware - suggests not to use on Github page
Both:
- parted - last commit Jan 2015
If you want to write your own parser, you can have a look how above modules does it. Check these links also:
- Here's how it looks like
- multipart protocol spec and html spec
- Blog post about implementing formidable
- bop: Boyer Moore Parser, good node module to find the multipart boundaries position
- Another blog post about implementing multi-part parser
Happy coding.
Problem
I know there are something like `multiparty`, and `busboy` and formidable. I want to know is there any chance to upload files without them.