Node.js Upload Files (2024)

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C:\Users\Your Name>npm install formidable

var formidable = require('formidable');

Example

This code will produce an HTML form:

Example

The file will be uploaded, and placed on a temporary folder:

var http = require('http');
var formidable = require('formidable');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
if (req.url == '/fileupload') {
var form = new formidable.IncomingForm();
form.parse(req, function (err, fields, files) {
res.write('File uploaded');
res.end();
});
} else {
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
res.write('<form action="fileupload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">');
res.write('<input type="file" name="filetoupload"><br>');
res.write('<input type="submit">');
res.write('</form>');
return res.end();
}
}).listen(8080);

Example

Include the fs module, and move the file to the current folder:

var http = require('http');
var formidable = require('formidable');
var fs = require('fs');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
if (req.url == '/fileupload') {
var form = new formidable.IncomingForm();
form.parse(req, function (err, fields, files) {
var oldpath = files.filetoupload.filepath;
var newpath = 'C:/Users/Your Name/' + files.filetoupload.originalFilename;
fs.rename(oldpath, newpath, function (err) {
if (err) throw err;
res.write('File uploaded and moved!');
res.end();
});
});
} else {
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
res.write('<form action="fileupload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">');
res.write('<input type="file" name="filetoupload"><br>');
res.write('<input type="submit">');
res.write('</form>');
return res.end();
}
}).listen(8080);

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