Handling File Upload in Node JS

Follow the step by step procedure to handle file upload in node, create a folder to store the project files and open that folder in VS Code or any of your preferred Text Editor. The entire workflow has been divided into three major process,

  • Create a basic express application with Node.js
  • Set up the file upload REST endpoint and configure the multer library to save the files to the disk.
  • Test the file upload REST endpoint using the Postman API tool.

How to Handle file upload in Node with Multer and Postman

In this article, we will discuss about file upload functionality using Node, Multer and Postman. File Uploading is a significant functionality of any web service to get the data from the users in the form of files.

To implement this feature we will use Node JS with Express and Multer library. Finally, we will use the Postman API platform to test the REST endpoint for file uploading.

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Prerequisites

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Approach to handle file upload in Node

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Handling File Upload in Node JS

Follow the step by step procedure to handle file upload in node, create a folder to store the project files and open that folder in VS Code or any of your preferred Text Editor. The entire workflow has been divided into three major process,...

Steps to create Basic Express Application

Step 1: Create a basic node application with the below npm command....

Adding File Upload functionality with Multer

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Testing File Upload with Postman

Step 6: Create a file named file-upload.js in the current directory to store the file upload handling functions and Multer configuration....

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