Node Express sending image files as API response
There is an api in Express.
res.sendFile
app.get('/report/:chart_id/:user_id', function (req, res) {
// res.sendFile(filepath);
});
http://expressjs.com/en/api.html#res.sendFile
a proper solution with streams and error handling is below:
const fs = require('fs')
const stream = require('stream')
app.get('/report/:chart_id/:user_id',(req, res) => {
const r = fs.createReadStream('path to file') // or any other way to get a readable stream
const ps = new stream.PassThrough() // <---- this makes a trick with stream error handling
stream.pipeline(
r,
ps, // <---- this makes a trick with stream error handling
(err) => {
if (err) {
console.log(err) // No such file or any other kind of error
return res.sendStatus(400);
}
})
ps.pipe(res) // <---- this makes a trick with stream error handling
})
with Node older then 10 you will need to use pump instead of pipeline.