Testing File Upload with Postman

Step 8:

  • Start the server and enter the “http://localhost:8080/upload” endpoint and use the POST method.
  • Add the file under BODY tab, use the “FORM-DATA” encoding for the body and send the request.

Output:

final output



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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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