Storing some small (under 1MB) files with MongoDB in NodeJS WITHOUT GridFS

Question

I run a website that runs on a backend of nodeJS + mongoDB. Right now, I\'m implementing a system to store some icons (small image files) that will need to be in the databas

Answer 1

I have been looking for the same thing. I know this post is old , but perhaps i can help someone out there.

var fs = require('fs');
var mongo = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var Binary = require('mongodb').Binary;

var archivobin = fs.readFileSync("vc.exe"); 
// print it out so you can check that the file is loaded correctly
console.log("Loading file");
console.log(archivobin);

var invoice = {};
invoice.bin = Binary(archivobin);

console.log("largo de invoice.bin= "+ invoice.bin.length());
// set an ID for the document for easy retrieval
invoice._id = 12345; 
  mongo.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/nogrid', function(err, db) {
  if(err) console.log(err);
     db.collection('invoices').insert(invoice, function(err, doc){
    if(err) console.log(err);
  // check the inserted document
    console.log("Inserting file");
    console.log(doc);

    db.collection('invoices').findOne({_id : 12345}, function(err, doc){
      if (err) {
        console.error(err);
        }

      fs.writeFile('vcout.exe', doc.bin.buffer, function(err){
          if (err) throw err;
          console.log('Sucessfully saved!');
    });

    });
  });
});