Upload an image from a Backbone/jQuery client side app to a Node server

code.js

/*
 * CLIENT SIDE CODE
 */

// perform a file upload
file = this.$("input[name='image-file']").prop("files")[0];
formData = new FormData();
formData.append("image", file);

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "/upload/photo",
    data: formData,
    // tells jQuery to not process the form data since it's a file
    processData: false,
    cache: false,
    // tells jQuery to not include a content type, to avoid errors
    contentType: false
}).done(function(response) {
    // process response...
}).fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
    // process failure
});


/*
 * SERVER SIDE CODE
 */
// Make sure to include bodyParser in Node's app config:
// app.use(express.bodyParser());

var fs = require("fs");

module.exports = function(app) {
    app.post("/upload/photo", function(req, res) {
        // access the photo via:
        // req.files.photo
        console.log(req.files.photo.path);
        
        // create a stream to upload from here (if need be)
        console.log(fs.createReadStream(req.files.photo.path));
    });
};