Upload file in Expressjs bodyParser - json

Question

can I just upload some on file with Expressjs with bodyParser.json() middleware? I'm using Expressjs 4.14 and my app.js snipet is like this
require('dotenv').config();
require('./app/models/db');
var express = require('express');
var session = require('express-session');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var app = express();
var socket_io = require("socket.io");
var io = socket_io();
app.io = io;
var mainRouteConfig = require('./app/routes/routes')(io);
// var notifRouteConfig = require('./app/routes/notif')(io);
// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'app', 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
// app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(session({ secret: 'super-secret-code'}));
app.use('/', mainRouteConfig);
// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var err = new Error('Not Found');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});
// error handler
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
// set locals, only providing error in development
res.locals.message = err.message;
res.locals.error = req.app.get('env') === 'development' ? err : {};
// render the error page
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error');
});
// io.on("connection", function(socket){
// console.log( "A user connected" );
// });
module.exports = app;
I think the problem is in app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false })); when want upload some file using multipart/form-data

Answer 1

BodyParser is mainly used for urlencoded enctype.
For multipart I use Formidable and express-formidable.
npm install formidable express-formidable --save
Take a look at docs here
Good luck