The file upload summary

Upload.txt

// Index.html
  <div>
    <h1>File upload</h1>
    <input type="file" multiple onChange={e => uploadFile(e)}/>
  </div>


// Index.js
const uploadFile = async e => {
  const files = e.target.files
  console.log('files', files)
  const form = new FormData()
  for (let i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
    form.append('files', files[i], files[i].name)
  }
  try {
    let request = await fetch('/upload', {
      method: 'post',
      body: form,
    })
    const response = await request.json()
    console.log('Response', response)
  } catch (err) {
    alert('Error uploading the files')
    console.log('Error uploading the files', err)
  }
}



// Server.js
const Formidable = require('formidable')
const bluebird = require('bluebird')
const fs = bluebird.promisifyAll(require('fs'))




// Server.js
// Returns true if successful or false otherwise
async function checkCreateUploadsFolder (uploadsFolder) {
	try {
		await fs.statAsync(uploadsFolder)
	} catch (e) {
		if (e && e.code == 'ENOENT') {
			console.log('The uploads folder doesn\'t exist, creating a new one...')
			try {
				await fs.mkdirAsync(uploadsFolder)
			} catch (err) {
				console.log('Error creating the uploads folder 1')
				return false
			}
		} else {
			console.log('Error creating the uploads folder 2')
			return false
		}
	}
	return true
}

// Returns true or false depending on whether the file is an accepted type
function checkAcceptedExtensions (file) {
	const type = file.type.split('/').pop()
	const accepted = ['jpeg', 'jpg', 'png', 'gif', 'pdf']
	if (accepted.indexOf(type) == -1) {
		return false
	}
	return true
}

app.post('/upload', async (req, res) => {
	let form = Formidable.IncomingForm()
	const uploadsFolder = join(__dirname, 'dist', 'uploads')
	form.multiples = true
	form.uploadDir = uploadsFolder
	form.maxFileSize = 50 * 1024 * 1024 // 50 MB
	const folderCreationResult = await checkCreateUploadsFolder(uploadsFolder)
	if (!folderCreationResult) {
		return res.json({ok: false, msg: "The uploads folder couldn't be created"})
	}
	form.parse(req, async (err, fields, files) => {
		let myUploadedFiles = []
		if (err) {
			console.log('Error parsing the incoming form')
			return res.json({ok: false, msg: 'Error passing the incoming form'})
		}
		// If we are sending only one file:
		if (!files.files.length) {
			const file = files.files
			if (!checkAcceptedExtensions(file)) {
				console.log('The received file is not a valid type')
				return res.json({ok: false, msg: 'The sent file is not a valid type'})
			}
			const fileName = encodeURIComponent(file.name.replace(/&. *;+/g, '-'))
			myUploadedFiles.push(fileName)
			try {
				await fs.renameAsync(file.path, join(uploadsFolder, fileName))
			} catch (e) {
				console.log('Error uploading the file')
				try { await fs.unlinkAsync(file.path) } catch (e) {}
				return res.json({ok: false, msg: 'Error uploading the file'})
			}
		} else {
			for(let i = 0; i < files.files.length; i++) {
				const file = files.files[i]
				if (!checkAcceptedExtensions(file)) {
					console.log('The received file is not a valid type')
					return res.json({ok: false, msg: 'The sent file is not a valid type'})
				}
				const fileName = encodeURIComponent(file.name.replace(/&. *;+/g, '-'))
				myUploadedFiles.push(fileName)
				try {
					await fs.renameAsync(file.path, join(uploadsFolder, fileName))
				} catch (e) {
					console.log('Error uploading the file')
					try { await fs.unlinkAsync(file.path) } catch (e) {}
					return res.json({ok: false, msg: 'Error uploading the file'})
				}
			}
		}
		res.json({ok: true, msg: 'Files uploaded succesfully!', files: myUploadedFiles})
	})
})