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chovy
chovy

Reputation: 75656

how to set upload path in express4?

I want to make express serve files requested as http://localhost/uploads/image.png serve the files out of a dynamic directory (based on environment) process.env.NODE_UPLOAD_DIR which would be something like:

/home/user/data/uploads but the app is served out of ~/www/domain.com.

Is this possible?

I tried this, but it just redirects to homepage in browser when I request it (its an angular app if that makes any difference):

app.use(express.static(path.join(proces.env.NODE_UPLOAD_DIR, 'uploads')));

Upvotes: 0

Views: 105

Answers (1)

Peter Lyons
Peter Lyons

Reputation: 145994

If you want the "uploads" portion in both the URI and the filesystem path, you need to use it as a prefix:

app.use('/uploads', express.static(
  path.join(process.env.NODE_UPLOAD_DIR, 'uploads'))
);

Upvotes: 1

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