FileUploadService - Formidable module for nodejs which you can use instead of the integrated version in Express

gistfile1.txt

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

var FileUploadService = {};

FileUploadService.purpose = function(){
  console.log("\n");
  console.log("-----------------------------------------------");
  console.log("FileUploadService: allows the users to find a file and upload it");
}

FileUploadService.form = new formidable.IncomingForm();
FileUploadService.form.keepExtensions = true;

FileUploadService.uploadFile = function(req, res ){

  if (req.url == '/upload' && req.method.toLowerCase() == 'post') {
  
  console.log('FileUploadService - uploadFile');

    var files = req.files;
    
    FileUploadService.form.encoding = 'utf-8';
    FileUploadService.form.keepExtensions = true;
    FileUploadService.form.uploadDir = process.env.TMP || process.env.TMPDIR || process.env.TEMP || '/tmp' || process.cwd();

    FileUploadService.form.parse(req, function(err, fields, files) {

      console.log('FileUploadService - parse');
      console.log('FileUploadService - fields: ' + fields);
      console.log('FileUploadService - files: ' + files);

      res.writeHead(200, {'content-type': 'text/plain'});
      res.write('received upload:\n\n');
      res.end(util.inspect({fields: fields, files: files}));

    });

    FileUploadService.form.on('progress', function(bytesReceived, bytesExpected) {
     console.log("FileUploadService - progress");
    });

    FileUploadService.form.on('fileBegin', function(name, file) {
     console.log("FileUploadService - fileBegin");

    });

    FileUploadService.form.on('error', function(err) {
      console.log("FileUploadService - error");
    });
    
    FileUploadService.form.on('file', function(name, file) {
      console.log("FileUploadService - file");
    });

    return;
  }

}

module.exports = FileUploadService;

You can change the file extention to .js for highlight syntax.