Promise

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 3.4.0
+
+ * feature: ([#940](https://github.com/node-formidable/formidable/pull/940)) form.parse returns a promise if no callback is provided
+ * it resolves with and array `[fields, files]`
+
+
 ### 3.3.2
 
- * feature: ([#855](https://github.com/node-formidable/formidable/pull/855))add options.createDirsFromUploads, see README for usage
+ * feature: ([#855](https://github.com/node-formidable/formidable/pull/855)) add options.createDirsFromUploads, see README for usage
  * form.parse is an async function (ignore the promise)
  * benchmarks: add e2e becnhmark with as many request as possible per second
     * npm run to display all the commands

README.md

@@ -100,25 +100,26 @@ Parse an incoming file upload, with the
 import http from 'node:http';
 import formidable, {errors as formidableErrors} from 'formidable';
 
-const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
   if (req.url === '/api/upload' && req.method.toLowerCase() === 'post') {
     // parse a file upload
     const form = formidable({});
-
-    form.parse(req, (err, fields, files) => {
-      if (err) {
+    let fields;
+    let files;
+    try {
+        [fields, files] = await form.parse(req);
+    } catch (err) {
         // example to check for a very specific error
         if (err.code === formidableErrors.maxFieldsExceeded) {
 
         }
+        console.error(err);
         res.writeHead(err.httpCode || 400, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
         res.end(String(err));
         return;
-      }
-      res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
-      res.end(JSON.stringify({ fields, files }, null, 2));
-    });
-
+    }
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
+    res.end(JSON.stringify({ fields, files }, null, 2));
     return;
   }
 
@@ -382,10 +383,9 @@ const options = {
 ```
 
 
-### .parse(request, callback)
+### .parse(request, ?callback)
 
-Parses an incoming Node.js `request` containing form data. If `callback` is
-provided, all fields and files are collected and passed to the callback.
+Parses an incoming Node.js `request` containing form data. If `callback` is not provided a promise is returned.
 
 ```js
 const form = formidable({ uploadDir: __dirname });
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ form.parse(req, (err, fields, files) => {
   console.log('fields:', fields);
   console.log('files:', files);
 });
+
+// with Promise
+const [fields, files] = await form.parse(req);
 ```
 
 You may overwrite this method if you are interested in directly accessing the

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "formidable",
-  "version": "3.3.2",
+  "version": "3.4.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "A node.js module for parsing form data, especially file uploads.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/node-formidable/formidable",

src/Formidable.js

@@ -178,40 +178,55 @@ class IncomingForm extends EventEmitter {
     return true;
   }
 
+  // returns a promise if no callback is provided
   async parse(req, cb) {
     this.req = req;
+    let promise;
 
     // Setup callback first, so we don't miss anything from data events emitted immediately.
-    if (cb) {
-      const callback = once(dezalgo(cb));
-      this.fields = {};
-      const files = {};
-
-      this.on('field', (name, value) => {
-        if (this.type === 'multipart' || this.type === 'urlencoded') {
-          if (!hasOwnProp(this.fields, name)) {
-            this.fields[name] = [value];
-          } else {
-            this.fields[name].push(value);
-          }
-        } else {
-          this.fields[name] = value;
-        }
+    if (!cb) {
+      let resolveRef;
+      let rejectRef;
+      promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {     
+        resolveRef = resolve;
+        rejectRef = reject;
       });
-      this.on('file', (name, file) => {
-        if (!hasOwnProp(files, name)) {
-          files[name] = [file];
+      cb = (err, fields, files) => {
+        if (err) {
+          rejectRef(err);
         } else {
-          files[name].push(file);
+          resolveRef([fields, files]);
         }
-      });
-      this.on('error', (err) => {
-        callback(err, this.fields, files);
-      });
-      this.on('end', () => {
-        callback(null, this.fields, files);
-      });
+      }
     }
+    const callback = once(dezalgo(cb));
+    this.fields = {};
+    const files = {};
+
+    this.on('field', (name, value) => {
+      if (this.type === 'multipart' || this.type === 'urlencoded') {
+        if (!hasOwnProp(this.fields, name)) {
+          this.fields[name] = [value];
+        } else {
+          this.fields[name].push(value);
+        }
+      } else {
+        this.fields[name] = value;
+      }
+    });
+    this.on('file', (name, file) => {
+      if (!hasOwnProp(files, name)) {
+        files[name] = [file];
+      } else {
+        files[name].push(file);
+      }
+    });
+    this.on('error', (err) => {
+      callback(err, this.fields, files);
+    });
+    this.on('end', () => {
+      callback(null, this.fields, files);
+    });
 
     // Parse headers and setup the parser, ready to start listening for data.
     await this.writeHeaders(req.headers);
@@ -240,7 +255,9 @@ class IncomingForm extends EventEmitter {
           this._parser.end();
         }
       });
-
+    if (promise) {
+      return promise;
+    }
     return this;
   }
 

test-node/standalone/promise.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import {strictEqual, ok} from 'node:assert';
+import { createServer, request } from 'node:http';
+import formidable, {errors} from '../../src/index.js';
+import test from 'node:test';
+
+const PORT = 13539;
+
+const isPromise = (x) => {
+    return x && typeof x === `object` && typeof x.then === `function`; 
+};
+
+test('parse returns promise if no callback is provided', (t,done) => {
+  const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+    const form = formidable();
+
+    const promise = form.parse(req);
+    strictEqual(isPromise(promise), true);
+    promise.then(([fields, files]) => {
+      ok(typeof fields === 'object');
+      ok(typeof files === 'object');
+      res.writeHead(200);
+      res.end("ok")
+    }).catch(e => {
+      done(e)
+    })
+  });
+
+  server.listen(PORT, () => {
+    const chosenPort = server.address().port;
+    const  body = `----13068458571765726332503797717\r
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name="title"\r
+\r
+a\r
+----13068458571765726332503797717\r
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name="multipleFiles"; filename="x.txt"\r
+Content-Type: application/x-javascript\r
+\r
+\r
+\r
+a\r
+b\r
+c\r
+d\r
+\r
+----13068458571765726332503797717--\r
+`;
+    fetch(String(new URL(`http:localhost:${chosenPort}/`)), {
+      method: 'POST',
+
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Length': body.length,
+        Host: `localhost:${chosenPort}`,
+        'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=--13068458571765726332503797717',
+      },
+      body
+    }).then(res => {
+        strictEqual(res.status, 200);
+        server.close();
+        done();
+    });
+
+  });
+});
+
+test('parse rejects with promise if it fails', (t,done) => {
+  const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+    const form = formidable({minFileSize: 10 ** 6}); // create condition to fail
+
+    const promise = form.parse(req);
+    strictEqual(isPromise(promise), true);
+    promise.then(() => {
+      done('should have failed')
+    }).catch(e => {
+      res.writeHead(e.httpCode);
+      strictEqual(e.code, errors.smallerThanMinFileSize);
+      res.end(String(e))
+    })
+  });
+
+  server.listen(PORT, () => {
+    const chosenPort = server.address().port;
+    const  body = `----13068458571765726332503797717\r
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name="title"\r
+\r
+a\r
+----13068458571765726332503797717\r
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name="multipleFiles"; filename="x.txt"\r
+Content-Type: application/x-javascript\r
+\r
+\r
+\r
+a\r
+b\r
+c\r
+d\r
+\r
+----13068458571765726332503797717--\r
+`;
+    fetch(String(new URL(`http:localhost:${chosenPort}/`)), {
+      method: 'POST',
+
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Length': body.length,
+        Host: `localhost:${chosenPort}`,
+        'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=--13068458571765726332503797717',
+      },
+      body
+    }).then(res => {
+        strictEqual(res.status, 400);
+        server.close();
+        done();
+    });
+
+  });
+});