How to set different destinations in nodejs using multer?
Multer is a middleware so you can pass it like this :
app.post('/test/route', multer({...options...}), module.someThing)
or
app.post('/test/route', multer({...options...}), function(req, res){
........some code ......
});
Update
Quite a few things have changed since I posted the original answer.
With multer 1.2.1
.
- You need to use
DiskStorage
to specify where & how of the stored file. - By default, multer will use the operating system's default directory. In our case, since we are particular about the location. We need to ensure that the folder exists before we could save the file over there.
Note: You are responsible for creating the directory when providing destination as a function.
More here
'use strict';
let multer = require('multer');
let fs = require('fs-extra');
let upload = multer({
storage: multer.diskStorage({
destination: (req, file, callback) => {
let type = req.params.type;
let path = `./uploads/${type}`;
fs.mkdirsSync(path);
callback(null, path);
},
filename: (req, file, callback) => {
//originalname is the uploaded file's name with extn
callback(null, file.originalname);
}
})
});
app.post('/api/:type', upload.single('file'), (req, res) => {
res.status(200).send();
});
fs-extra
for creating directory, just in case if it doesn't exists
Original answer
You can use changeDest.
Function to rename the directory in which to place uploaded files.
It is available from v0.1.8
app.post('/api/:type', multer({
dest: './uploads/',
changeDest: function(dest, req, res) {
var newDestination = dest + req.params.type;
var stat = null;
try {
stat = fs.statSync(newDestination);
} catch (err) {
fs.mkdirSync(newDestination);
}
if (stat && !stat.isDirectory()) {
throw new Error('Directory cannot be created because an inode of a different type exists at "' + dest + '"');
}
return newDestination
}
}), function(req, res) {
//set your response
});