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Posted by Tobi Bello
Tobi Bello
5,094 Points

Express.js Mongoose - Form File Upload

Hello everyone,

I am having a problem pin-pointing the best approach to file upload using mongoose and express.js

I have a form which you enter the name of an item and a couple of photos of that image and i want to save this information into the database (mongoDB) somehow.

Please help... :'(

Tobi Bello
Tobi Bello
5,094 Points

I use node.js v8.3.0

1 Answer

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Tobi;

Are you wanting to save the images themselves into a MongoDB database? It is more common to save the photos to disk and then store the path to the specific file in the database.

It is possible to store the images themselves inside MongoDB, but remember that there is a size limit on each document which may pose some issues depending on image size. There are ways around that, however, with utilizing GridFS to store the data, but that adds more complexity to the project.

Post back if you have further questions about your schema design.

Ken