honeyglobe is a quick to configure express middleware for handling multipart/form-data. It's a wrapper around the file uploading middleware named multer.

Installation

$ npm install --save honeyglobe

$ yarn add honeyglobe

Quick set up

var express = require('express')
var honeyglobe  = require('honeyglobe')
var upload = honeyglobe({
  destination: 'uploads/',
  fileTypes: ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'mp3', 'mp4']
})

var app = express()

app.post('/profile', upload.single('avatar'), function (req, res, next) {
  // req.file is the `avatar` file
  // req.body will hold the text fields, if there were any
  // req.file is the file object for the uploaded file.

  // req.file.fieldname | 'e.g. 'avatar' (Field name specified in the form)
  // req.file.originalname | e.g. 'Screenshot 3 PM.png' (Name of the file on the user's computer)
  // req.file.encoding | e.g. '7bit' (Encoding type of the file)
  // req.file.mimetype | e.g. 'image/png' (Mime type of the file)
  // req.file.size | e.g. 106339 (Size of the file in bytes)
  // req.file.destination | e.g. 'uploads/' (The folder to which the file has been saved)
  // req.file.filename | e.g. 'avatar-043429cb75a6da996fa2e779392a673e.png' (The generated name of the file within the `destination`)
  // req.file.path | e.g. 'uploads/avatar-043429cb75a6da996fa2e779392a673e.png' (The full path to the uploaded file)
  res.send({
    fileName: req.file.filename
  })
})

The above code assumes you sent a POST request to the server. The body of the request is a form-data object which has the key avatar and a file is attached to the key.

If you want to upload an array of files in a field, use the upload.array method. If you want to upload multiple files using different fields in the same request, use the upload.fields method. Refer to these methods' respective sections to see how they are used or check out the example directory.

Usage Description

honeyglobe adds a body object and a file or files object to the request object. The body object contains the values of the text fields of the form, the file or files object contains the files uploaded via the form.

Usage example:

Don't forget the enctype="multipart/form-data" in your form.

<form action="/profile" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  <input type="file" name="avatar" />
</form>

var express = require('express')
var honeyglobe  = require('honeyglobe')
var upload = honeyglobe({
  destination: 'uploads/'
})

var app = express()

app.post('/profile', upload.single('avatar'), function (req, res, next) {
  // req.file is the `avatar` file
  // req.body will hold the text fields, if there were any
})

app.post('/photos/upload', upload.array('photos', 12), function (req, res, next) {
  // req.files is array of `photos` files
  // req.body will contain the text fields, if there were any
})

var cpUpload = upload.fields([{ name: 'avatar', maxCount: 1 }, { name: 'gallery', maxCount: 8 }])
app.post('/cool-profile', cpUpload, function (req, res, next) {
  // req.files is an object (String -> Array) where fieldname is the key, and the value is array of files
  //
  // e.g..
  //  req.files['avatar'][0] -> File
  //  req.files['gallery'] -> Array
  //
  // req.body will contain the text fields, if there were any
})

In case you need to handle a text-only multipart form, you should use the .none() method:

var express = require('express')
var app = express()
var honeyglobe  = require('honeyglobe')
var upload = honeyglobe()

app.post('/profile', upload.none(), function (req, res, next) {
  // req.body contains the text fields
})

Here's an example on how it is used in an HTML form. Take special note of the enctype="multipart/form-data" and name="uploaded_file" fields:

<form action="/stats" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
  <div class="form-group">
    <input type="file" class="form-control-file" name="uploaded_file">
    <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Number of speakers" name="nspeakers">
    <input type="submit" value="Get me the stats!" class="btn btn-default">            
  </div>
</form>

Then in your javascript file you would add these lines to access both the file and the body. It is important that you use the name field value from the form in your upload function. This tells honeyglobe which field on the request it should look for the files in. If these fields aren't the same in the HTML form and on your server, your upload will fail:

var honeyglobe  = require('honeyglobe')
var upload = honeyglobe({ destination: './public/data/uploads/' })
app.post('/stats', upload.single('uploaded_file'), function (req, res) {
   // req.file is the name of your file in the form above, here 'uploaded_file'
   // req.body will hold the text fields, if there were any 
   console.log(req.file, req.body)
});

API

File information

Each file contains the following information:

Key	Description	Note
fieldname	Field name specified in the form
originalname	Name of the file on the user's computer
encoding	Encoding type of the file
mimetype	Mime type of the file
size	Size of the file in bytes
destination	The folder to which the file has been saved
filename	The name of the file within the destination
path	The full path to the uploaded file

honeyglobe(opts)

honeyglobe accepts an options object, the most basic of which is the destination property, which tells honeyglobe where to upload the files.

By default, honeyglobe will rename the files so as to avoid naming conflicts. The renaming function can be customized according to your needs.

The following are the options that can be passed to honeyglobe.

Key	Description
destination	Where to store the files
fileTypes	Array of allowed extensions
limits	Limits of the uploaded data
preservePath	Keep the full path of files instead of just the base name

In an average web app, only destination might be required, and configured as shown in the following example.

var honeyglobe = require('honeyglobe')
var upload = honeyglobe({ destination: 'uploads/' })

You can specify what file types to allow

var honeyglobe = require('honeyglobe')
var upload = honeyglobe({
  destination: 'uploads/',
  fileTypes: ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'webp']
})

.single(fieldname)

Accept a single file with the name fieldname. The single file will be stored in req.file.

.array(fieldname[, maxCount])

Accept an array of files, all with the name fieldname. Optionally error out if more than maxCount files are uploaded. The array of files will be stored in req.files.

.fields(fields)

Accept a mix of files, specified by fields. An object with arrays of files will be stored in req.files.

fields should be an array of objects with name and optionally a maxCount. Example:

[
  { name: 'avatar', maxCount: 1 },
  { name: 'gallery', maxCount: 8 }
]

.none()

Accept only text fields. If any file upload is made, error with code "LIMIT_UNEXPECTED_FILE" will be issued.

.any()

Accepts all files that comes over the wire. An array of files will be stored in req.files.

WARNING: Make sure that you always handle the files that a user uploads. Never add honeyglobe as a global middleware since a malicious user could upload files to a route that you didn't anticipate. Only use this function on routes where you are handling the uploaded files.

limits

An object specifying the size limits of the following optional properties. honeyglobe passes this object into busboy directly, and the details of the properties can be found on busboy's page.

The following integer values are available:

Key	Description	Default
fieldNameSize	Max field name size	100 bytes
fieldSize	Max field value size (in bytes)	1MB
fields	Max number of non-file fields	Infinity
fileSize	For multipart forms, the max file size (in bytes)	Infinity
files	For multipart forms, the max number of file fields	Infinity
parts	For multipart forms, the max number of parts (fields + files)	Infinity
headerPairs	For multipart forms, the max number of header key=>value pairs to parse	2000

Specifying the limits can help protect your site against denial of service (DoS) attacks.

Error handling

When encountering an error, honeyglobe will delegate the error to Express. You can display a nice error page using the standard express way.