AngularJS File Upload to Backend Express Server - html

Question

I am trying to do a file upload using angularjs, using angular-file-upload library (https://github.com/danialfarid/angular-file-upload)
Here is my code
// ===============================My HTML File===========================
<input type="file" ng-file-select="onFileSelect($files)">
// ===============================My Controller==========================
var $scope.formObj = {
name: "Test"
};
var fileToUpload;
$scope.onFileSelect = function (file) {
fileToUpload = file[0];
};
// POSt request to /api/items
$scope.addItem = function() {
console.log($scope.formObj);
$scope.upload = $upload.upload({
url: '/api/items',
method: 'POST',
data: { myObj: $scope.formObj },
file: fileToUpload
}).success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
console.log("success");
});
};
// ================================My Backend=============================
// This is the function that will receive POST request to /api/items
exports.create = function(req, res) {
console.log(req.body); // req.body is just an empty object. ==> {}
// apparently, I found all the data to be in req._readableState.buffer[0]
// in the form of a buffer
var buffer = req._readableState.buffer[0];
// trying to console.log the buffer.toString, resulting in something similar to this
// { name: "Test", image: Object }
console.log(buffer.toString());
return res.send(200);
};
So my backend received the formObj with all its properties and values, however, the actual file data itself, whether in the form of buffer, or base64, or whatever, never gets received.
I wonder why. This is my first time working with file uploading, so I don't understand the concept.
Please point me in the right direction

Answer 1

If you are using Latest version of Express, you'd notice that
app.use(express.multipart()); is no longer bundled with express.
So do the following configuration changes. in express.js
var multer = require('multer');
app.use(multer({ dest: './uploads/'}));
You'd find that after doing this you would find the data and file , in req.body req.file respectively.
Hope it helps