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Upload and read uploaded file content in express.js
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| /* | |
| ⚠ First install express and multer by running: | |
| npm i -s express multer | |
| */ | |
| const express = require("express"); | |
| const multer = require("multer"); | |
| const path = require('path') | |
| const storage = multer.memoryStorage(); | |
| const upload = multer({ storage: storage }); | |
| const app = express(); | |
| // Index route | |
| app.get('/', function(req, res) { | |
| res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '/index.html')); | |
| }); | |
| app.post("/convert", upload.single("myFile"), (req, res) => { | |
| let file = req.file; | |
| // File content here 👇 | |
| const fileContent = Buffer.from(file.buffer).toString("utf-8"); | |
| res.send(fileContent); | |
| }); | |
| app.listen("5050"); |
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html lang="en"> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="UTF-8" /> | |
| <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> | |
| <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> | |
| <title>Document</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <form action="/convert" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST"> | |
| <input type="file" name="myFile" id="" /> | |
| <br /> | |
| <button type="submit">Continue</button> | |
| </form> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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