Post file and data in same request to node server

Question

I have a form in HTML with two inputs - 1 text and 1 file.

<form method="post" action="http://localhost:3000/users">
            <input type="text" name="username" />
            <input type="file" name="file" />
            <button type="submit">Submit</button>
        </form>

Now I am posting it to a node server-

router.post('/users', function(req, res, next){
    req.pipe(req.busboy);
    req.busboy.on('file', function(fieldname, file, filename){
        var fstream=fs.createWriteStream('./uploads/'+filename);
        file.pipe(fstream);
        fstream.on('close', function(){
            var user = User({
                username: req.body.username,
            });
            user.save(function(err){
                if(err)
                    res.json({error: err});
                else
                    res.redirect('/');
            });
        });
    });
});

But I am only able to get either username or file (when I use enctype="multipart/form-data" in HTML form.) at a time.

Is there any way to save both in a single request. If yes then how ?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

mscdex · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-11 05:38:31Z

1

You're only listening for file fields. If you want to be notified about non-file fields, then you need to also add a 'field' event listener:

req.busboy.on('field', function(key, val, keyTrunc, valTrunc) {
  console.log(key, val);
});

answered Sep 11, 2016 at 5:38

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