req.files undefined after using express-fileupload

Question

I'm trying to upload code on my React website. The problem is I see my file being uploaded, but the server can't find it in the request. By the way, the google scholar api works and is unrelated to my problem, but I kept it in server.js just in case it's the problem.

I've tried adding a form tag around my inputs. I've tried using multer instead. I've tried adding a content-type to headers in fetch. I have redirected output of my code into a log file and grepped for file.

PrivateCode.js

import React, {Component} from 'react'
import './PrivateCode.css'

class PrivateCode extends Component {
  state = {
    file: null,
    isLoading: false
  }

  changeHandler = (e) => {
    this.setState({file: e.target.files[0]})
  }

  onClickHandler = (e) => {
    fetch('/upload', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: this.state.file
    }).then(
      response => response.json()
    ).catch(
      err => console.log(err)
    )
  }

  render() {
    return(
      <div>
        Private Code
        <p className="description">
          Description: Search for files previously uploaded based on snippets of code.
        </p>
        <input
          type="file"
          name="code"
          id="fileinput"
          onChange={this.changeHandler}
        />
        <button 
          type="button" 
          onClick={this.onClickHandler}
          className="submitButton"
        >Upload</button>
      </div>
    )
  }
}

export default PrivateCode

server.js

var express = require('express')
var cors = require('cors')
var app = express()
var scholar = require('google-scholar')
var fileUpload = require('express-fileupload')
const port = 5000

app.use(cors())
app.use(fileUpload())
app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log("Server up!")
})

app.post('/upload', function(req, res) {
  console.log(req)
  if (!req.file) {
    console.log("Not found")
    res.send("File not found")
    return
  }
  var file = req.file
  console.log(file)
  res.send("File uploaded!")
})

app.get('/googlescholar_backend/:query', (req, res) => {
  var query = req.params.query
  scholar.search(
    query
  ).then(
    data => res.send(data)
  ).catch(
    err => console.log(err)
  )
})

You will find that after uploading a file, a "Not found" message will appear with respect to server.js.

server.log

Server up!
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        _pendingData: null,
        _pendingEncoding: '',
        server: [Object],
        _server: [Object],
        _idleTimeout: 120000,
        _idleNext: [Object],
        _idlePrev: [Object],
        _idleStart: 5015,
        _destroyed: false,
        parser: [Object],
        on: [Function: socketOnWrap],
        _paused: false,
        read: [Function],
        _consuming: true,
        _httpMessage: [Circular],
        [Symbol(asyncId)]: 25,
        [Symbol(bytesRead)]: 0,
        [Symbol(asyncId)]: 26,
        [Symbol(triggerAsyncId)]: 25 },
     _header: null,
     _onPendingData: [Function: bound updateOutgoingData],
     _sent100: false,
     _expect_continue: false,
     req: [Circular],
     locals: {},
     [Symbol(outHeadersKey)]: 
      { 'x-powered-by': [Array],
        'access-control-allow-origin': [Array] } },
  route: Route { path: '/upload', stack: [ [Object] ], methods: { post: true } } }
Not found

EDIT: I fixed this by surrounding a form tag around my input!

Answer 1

It should be req.files.fileName instead of req.file, also fileName should be the same name you have provided in <input name="fileName" />. So, in your case it should be

// ...same code
var multipart = require('connect-multiparty');    
var multipartMiddleware = multipart({ maxFieldsSize: (20 * 1024 * 1024) });
app.use(multipartMiddleware);
// ...rest code
app.post('/upload', function(req, res) {
    console.log(req)
    if (!req.files) {
        console.log("Not found")
        res.send("File not found")   
        return
    }
    let file = req.files.code
    console.log(file)
    res.send("File uploaded!")
})

Have a look at this, https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-fileupload

Answer 2

You need to use body-parser.

const bodyParser = require('body-parser');

// support parsing of application/json type post data
app.use(bodyParser.json());

//support parsing of application/x-www-form-urlencoded post data
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

And You also need to look connect-multiparty While dealing with req.files

const express = require('express');
const multipart = require('connect-multiparty');

const multipartMiddleware = multipart({ maxFieldsSize: (20 * 1024 * 1024) });

const router = express.Router();

// Convert 
router.use(multipartMiddleware);

Summary: The body-parser will helps you to convert your request from binary to req.body whereas connect-multiparty will help to access uploaded files on the req.files object.