Storing data stream from POST request in GridFS, express, mongoDB, node.js

Question

I am trying to figure out how I can post an image directly to GridFS without storing it anywhere on the server as a temporary file first.

I am using Postman (chrome

Answer 1

complete code to post the image from html to nodejs store that image in mongodb using gridfs system and display that image in server.This code works well.

var express=require("express");
var bodyparser=require("body-parser");
var multer=require("multer");
var app=express();
var upload = multer({ dest: '/tmp/'});
app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({extended:false}));
app.post("/uploadimage",upload.single("file"),function(request,response)
{
    var mongoose=require("mongoose");
    var gridfsstream=require("gridfs-stream");
    var fs=require("fs");
    mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost:27017/testimage");
    var con=mongoose.connection;
    gridfsstream.mongo=mongoose.mongo;
    con.once("open",function()
    {
        console.log("test image database connected successfully");
        var gfs=gridfsstream(con.db);
        var readstream=fs.createReadStream(request.file.originalname);
        var writestream=gfs.createWriteStream({
            filename:"mentorpicthree.jpg"
        });
        readstream.pipe(writestream);
        writestream.on("close",function()
        {
            console.log("image stored in mongodb database successfully");
            fs.readFile(request.file.originalname,function(err,data)
            {
                if(err)
                {
                    response.writeHead(404,{"Content-Type":"text/plain"});
                    console.log("error");

                }
                else
                {
                        response.writeHead(200,{"Content-Type":"image/jpg"});
                        response.end(data);
                }
            });
        });
        writestream.on("error",function()
        {
            console.log("image not stored in mongodb database");
        });

    });
    con.on("error",function()
    {
        console.log("database not connected try again!!!");
    });

});
app.listen(8086,function()
{
    console.log("server running on port 8086");
});

    


Ryan Dhal