How to make JQuery file upload plugin call backend only once for all the files in an upload?

Question

I\'m using sails.js to build a website. I have a model named timeline. It has some text fields along with a collection named pictures. Each t

Answer 1

var counter = 0;
var allFilesObj = Array();

req.file('files[]') .upload({

            saveAs: function (__newFileStream, cb) { 
                var fileObj = {};

                var extension = __newFileStream.filename.split('.').pop();
                var original_name = __newFileStream.filename;


                fileObj.original_name = original_name;
                fileObj.name = "Thename";
                fileObj.ext = extension;
                fileObj.path = uploadpath+"The name"+ "." + extension;
                counter++;
                allFilesObj.push(fileObj);
                cb(null, uploadpath+"The name"+ "." + extension;);
            }
        }, function whenDone(err, uploadedFiles) {
            if (err) {
                console.log("ERROR");
                console.log(err);
                return res.negotiate(err);

            }

            else {

                    async.each(allFilesObj, function (row, done) {
                        var index = allFilesObj.indexOf(row);
                        row.col1 = req.param('col1');
                        row.col2 = req.param('col2');
                       row.col3 = req.param('col3');

                        done();
                    }, function (err) {

                        if (err) {
                            res.send("Error 500 , complete object array Defunct");

                        }



                        //DATABASE INSERT

                        YourModel.create(allFilesObj, function batchFileCreated(err, user) {

                            if (err) {
                                return res.send(err);
                            }
                            console.log("done");

// req.session.messages['success'][0] = "Files Uploaded successfully"; // return res.redirect(req.get('referer'),{files: uploadedFiles,textParams: req.params.all()}); return res.ok({ files: uploadedFiles, textParams: req.params.all() }); });

                    });



                } 
            }

        });