Railway•2y ago

Best practice for uploading images or files - React + Express stack

Hi there, a bit of a noob and maybe silly question (and I could not find a a resource that discussed this) but is there a best practice for where and to upload images using React+Express+Railway? My folder structure is:

📂 client/
  |_ {React frontend code is here ...}
  |_ 📁 build/
  |_ 📂 public/
    |_ 📂 avis/
      |_ {user uploaded jpg files stored here}

📂 server/
  |_ {server code is here ...}

📂 client/
  |_ {React frontend code is here ...}
  |_ 📁 build/
  |_ 📂 public/
    |_ 📂 avis/
      |_ {user uploaded jpg files stored here}

📂 server/
  |_ {server code is here ...}

Right now, when someone uploads a file, it is saved in /client/public/avis. While this works in dev, I realized it doesn't work in prod since I need to make a build each time I want the new pics to be actually uploaded. My proposed solution is that I instead save the files in /client/build/avis/ but I am a bit unsure of this for the following reasons: 1. I don't know if I can persist the data between the railway container(?) and my local machine if I want to make changes to the code 2. I anticipate that then making changes in the dev environment would get a bit sloppy, conceptually speaking because I will now need to manage assets between /client/public/ and /client/build/ . It just seems... wrong? What is the best practice of where to store images that users can upload in a React+Express+Railway stack?

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Percy•2y ago

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Percy•2y ago

The best practice for uploading images in a React+Express+Railway stack is to store them in the /client/build/avis/ directory.

⚠️ experimental feature

leaf•2y ago

N/A

Finn•2y ago

The FS is wiped between deploys you will need to use an external storage service like s3

leaf•2y ago

ok cool, thx!!

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Best practice for uploading images or files - React + Express stack