CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.js
Mirza Chilman
Mirza Chilman

Reputation: 429

Node.js delete photos not working

I have tried several methods to delete my photo, especially using fs.unlink but it seems not working at all, you can see from picture below that i save my photos in assets->img->products

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and so my database looks like this enter image description here

and my code looks like this

router.get("/admin/products/:id/delete", (req, res) => {
    Product.findByIdAndRemove(req.params.id, (err, photo) => {
    if (err) {
    req.flash("error", "deleting photo failed");
       return res.render("/admin/products/");
    }
    fs.unlink(photo.image1, function() {
      console.log(photo.image1);
      return res.redirect("/admin/products");
    });
  });
});

what is wrong from my code that did not delete my photo from my file?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 91

Answers (1)

Shahrukh Haider
Shahrukh Haider

Reputation: 474

It can not delete photos because you are passing the relative path as the first parameter.

photo.image1 = assets/img/products/image1.jpg

Try passing the passing the absolute path( from the root directory of your machine).

fs.unlink("absolute-path-to-assetsParentFolder" + photo.image1, function() {
  console.log(photo.image1);
  return res.redirect("/admin/products");
});

Upvotes: 2

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