get uploaded file name/path in node.js

Question

How do I get the name of an uploaded file name/path to manipulate it in node.js? I want move the file from the temp folder to a customer folder.

Answer 1

Node.JS doesn't automatically save uploaded files to disk. You'll instead have to read and parse the multipart/form-data content yourself via the request's data and end events.

Or, you can use a library to do that all for you, such as connect/express for its bodyParser or multipart middlewares (complete example):

var fs = require('fs');
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

// `bodyParser` includes `multipart`
app.use(express.bodyParser());

app.post('/', function(req, res, next){
  // assuming <input type="file" name="upload">

  var path = req.files.upload.path;
  var name = req.files.upload.name;

  // copy...
});

Or use formidable directly, which connect uses for the multipart middleware (complete example).

And, for the // copy... comment, see How to copy a file?.