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Nuxt2mo ago
HardWare

Handling multipart/form-data images on backend api

Hi, I want to get form data of image and send it do Cloudinary how should I approach it?
22 Replies
kapa.ai
kapa.ai2mo ago
Hi @HardWare. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- I apologize, but the knowledge sources provided do not contain specific information about handling multipart/form-data images on a backend API or sending images to Cloudinary from a Nuxt backend. The available information is mostly about using Cloudinary as an image provider for the frontend Nuxt Image module. To properly answer your question about handling image uploads and sending them to Cloudinary from a Nuxt backend API, we would need additional information that is not present in the given knowledge sources. If you have a more specific question about using Cloudinary with Nuxt's frontend image components, I'd be happy to help with that based on the available information. Alternatively, you may want to consult Nuxt's server-side documentation or Cloudinary's API documentation for backend image handling. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------
kapa.ai
kapa.ai2mo ago
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HardWare
HardWareOP2mo ago
@kapa.ai I do know how to send image to Cloudinary. How to handle image from api event
kapa.ai
kapa.ai2mo ago
Let me check the knowledge base for you again. One moment! :books: ---------------------- I apologize, but the knowledge sources provided don't contain specific information about handling images from an API event in Nuxt's backend. The available information is primarily focused on frontend image optimization using Nuxt Image and various providers, including Cloudinary. However, I can provide some general guidance based on Nuxt's server-side capabilities: 1. You can use Nuxt's server routes or API routes to handle incoming requests with image data. 2. In your server-side code, you would typically access the incoming request data through the event object. 3. For handling file uploads, you might need to use a middleware like multer to parse multipart/form-data. To give you a more precise answer, we would need information that is not present in the given knowledge sources. If you have a specific question about using Cloudinary with Nuxt's frontend image components, I can help with that based on the available information. For server-side file handling in Nuxt, you might want to refer to the Nuxt documentation on server routes and middleware, as well as the Nitro App Hooks documentation, which mentions the request hook that is called when a request is received. If you need more specific guidance on handling image uploads in your Nuxt backend, I recommend consulting Nuxt's server-side documentation or reaching out to the Nuxt community forums for more targeted assistance. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------
kapa.ai
kapa.ai2mo ago
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HardWare
HardWareOP2mo ago
@kapa.ai provide me example code of that event
kapa.ai
kapa.ai2mo ago
Let me check the knowledge base for you again. One moment! :books: ---------------------- I apologize, but I don't have specific example code for handling image uploads from an API event in Nuxt's server-side context based on the provided knowledge sources. The information available doesn't include detailed examples of server-side file handling or image processing. However, I can provide you with a general structure of how you might handle a file upload in a Nuxt server route, based on the available information about Nuxt's server capabilities:
// server/api/upload.post.ts

import { defineEventHandler } from 'h3'

export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
try {
// Read the body of the request
const body = await readBody(event)

// Here you would typically handle the file data
// This is where you'd process the image and send it to Cloudinary
// However, the exact implementation depends on how you're sending the data
// and what libraries you're using for multipart parsing

// For example, if the image is sent as base64:
// const imageData = body.image

// Process the image (send to Cloudinary, etc.)
// const result = await sendToCloudinary(imageData)

return { success: true, message: 'Image uploaded successfully' }
} catch (error) {
return { success: false, message: error.message }
}
})
// server/api/upload.post.ts

import { defineEventHandler } from 'h3'

export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
try {
// Read the body of the request
const body = await readBody(event)

// Here you would typically handle the file data
// This is where you'd process the image and send it to Cloudinary
// However, the exact implementation depends on how you're sending the data
// and what libraries you're using for multipart parsing

// For example, if the image is sent as base64:
// const imageData = body.image

// Process the image (send to Cloudinary, etc.)
// const result = await sendToCloudinary(imageData)

return { success: true, message: 'Image uploaded successfully' }
} catch (error) {
return { success: false, message: error.message }
}
})
This is a basic structure and would need to be adapted based on your specific needs and how you're handling file uploads. The actual implementation of file parsing and Cloudinary upload would need to be added. For more detailed information on handling server routes in Nuxt, you can refer to the Nuxt documentation on the server directory structure. If you need more specific guidance on implementing file uploads or integrating with Cloudinary in a Nuxt server context, I recommend consulting Nuxt's server-side documentation or reaching out to the Nuxt community for more targeted assistance, as the provided knowledge sources don't contain this level of detail for server-side operations. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------
kapa.ai
kapa.ai2mo ago
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ChrisD
ChrisD2mo ago
I solved this with multer: https://www.npmjs.com/package/multer
npm
multer
Middleware for handling multipart/form-data.. Latest version: 1.4.5-lts.1, last published: 3 years ago. Start using multer in your project by running npm i multer. There are 4883 other projects in the npm registry using multer.
HardWare
HardWareOP2mo ago
Gonna check it out, thank you Can you gave me some example how to use multer? I'm kinda confused how it work. I have make something but idk if thats fine?
Mittchel
Mittchel2mo ago
GitHub
nest/packages/platform-express/multer at master · nestjs/nest
A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript 🚀 - nestjs/nest
Mittchel
Mittchel2mo ago
GitHub
GitHub - mscdex/busboy: A streaming parser for HTML form data for n...
A streaming parser for HTML form data for node.js. Contribute to mscdex/busboy development by creating an account on GitHub.
Mittchel
Mittchel2mo ago
also exists
export default eventHandler(async event => {
const form = await readMultipartFormData(event)
// do stuff
})
export default eventHandler(async event => {
const form = await readMultipartFormData(event)
// do stuff
})
https://github.com/nitrojs/nitro/issues/698
GitHub
Handle files and multipart/form-data · Issue #698 · nitrojs/nitro
Describe the feature Should be great have a feature like multer on express and handle multipart/form-data on readBody() hook. Additional information Would you be willing to help implement this feat...
Mittchel
Mittchel2mo ago
GitHub
GitHub - wobsoriano/h3-formidable: File upload parsing utility for ...
File upload parsing utility for h3 and Nuxt. Contribute to wobsoriano/h3-formidable development by creating an account on GitHub.
Mittchel
Mittchel2mo ago
With multer work well, but I not have at the moment that project and not remember well how i setup it
HardWare
HardWareOP4w ago
I've resolve my problem by making multer as server utils, only problem are types in multer. I will be glad if you help me get rid of as any. Any way thank you for sources.
const { file, body } = await useMulter(event).catch(() => {
throw createError({ statusCode: 500, message: 'File upload failed' })
})
const { file, body } = await useMulter(event).catch(() => {
throw createError({ statusCode: 500, message: 'File upload failed' })
})
const useMulter = (event: H3Event): Promise<{ file?: Express.Multer.File; body?: Record<string, unknown> }> => {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
// Run multer middleware
// eslint-disable-next-line
middleware(event.node.req as any , event.node.res as any, (er) => {
if (er) {
throw er
}
resolve({
// eslint-disable-next-line
body: (event.node.req as any).body,
// eslint-disable-next-line
file: (event.node.req as any).file,
})
})
})
}
const useMulter = (event: H3Event): Promise<{ file?: Express.Multer.File; body?: Record<string, unknown> }> => {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
// Run multer middleware
// eslint-disable-next-line
middleware(event.node.req as any , event.node.res as any, (er) => {
if (er) {
throw er
}
resolve({
// eslint-disable-next-line
body: (event.node.req as any).body,
// eslint-disable-next-line
file: (event.node.req as any).file,
})
})
})
}
Mittchel
Mittchel4w ago
import { IncomingMessage } from 'node:http'
import { H3Event } from 'h3'
import multer from 'multer'
import type { Request, Response } from 'express'

const storage = multer.diskStorage({
destination: 'uploads/',
filename: (_req, file, cb) => {
cb(null, `${Date.now()}-${file.originalname}`)
},
})

const upload = multer({ storage })

const useMulter = (event: H3Event): Promise<{
body?: Record<string, unknown>;
file?: Express.Multer.File | undefined
}> => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const req = event.node.req as IncomingMessage & Request;
const res = event.node.res as Response;

upload.any()(req, res, (err: any) => {
if (err) {
reject(err);
return;
}

resolve({
body: req.body,
file: req.file,
});
});
});
};


export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
try {
const { file, body } = await useMulter(event);

if (file) {
console.log('File uploaded:', file.path);
}

console.log('Body:', body);
return { success: true, message: 'File uploaded successfully', body, file };
} catch (error) {
console.error('Upload error:', error);
throw createError({ statusCode: 500, message: 'File upload failed', data: error });
}
});
import { IncomingMessage } from 'node:http'
import { H3Event } from 'h3'
import multer from 'multer'
import type { Request, Response } from 'express'

const storage = multer.diskStorage({
destination: 'uploads/',
filename: (_req, file, cb) => {
cb(null, `${Date.now()}-${file.originalname}`)
},
})

const upload = multer({ storage })

const useMulter = (event: H3Event): Promise<{
body?: Record<string, unknown>;
file?: Express.Multer.File | undefined
}> => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const req = event.node.req as IncomingMessage & Request;
const res = event.node.res as Response;

upload.any()(req, res, (err: any) => {
if (err) {
reject(err);
return;
}

resolve({
body: req.body,
file: req.file,
});
});
});
};


export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
try {
const { file, body } = await useMulter(event);

if (file) {
console.log('File uploaded:', file.path);
}

console.log('Body:', body);
return { success: true, message: 'File uploaded successfully', body, file };
} catch (error) {
console.error('Upload error:', error);
throw createError({ statusCode: 500, message: 'File upload failed', data: error });
}
});
HardWare
HardWareOP4w ago
Thank you, gonna try it ❤️ Well, I'am not using express so i have to keep it as is.
Mittchel
Mittchel4w ago
npm install --save @types/express
HardWare
HardWareOP4w ago
:usefetchwrong:
Mittchel
Mittchel4w ago
or copy code from them or make something own, the use node:http
HardWare
HardWareOP4w ago
whole file looks fine for me, any suggestions whould be grate and why
import type { H3Event } from 'h3'
import type { IncomingMessage } from 'node:http'
import multer from 'multer'
import fs from 'fs'

const middleware = multer({ dest: 'tmp/', limits: { fileSize: 5 * 1024 * 1024 } }).single('image')

/**
* Middleware function to handle file uploads using Multer.
*
* @param {H3Event} event - The event object from H3.
* @returns {Promise<{ file?: Express.Multer.File, body?: Record<string, any> }>} - A promise that resolves with the uploaded file and request body.
*/

const useMulter = async (event: H3Event): Promise<{
file?: Express.Multer.File | undefined,
body?: Record<string, unknown>,
}> => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
// eslint-disable-next-line
const req = event.node.req as IncomingMessage & any
// eslint-disable-next-line
const res = event.node.res as any

// Run multer middleware
// eslint-disable-next-line
middleware(req, res, (er: any) => {
if (er) {
reject(er)
return
}
resolve({
body: req.body,
file: req.file,
})
})
})
}

/**
* Delete a tmp from file system.
*
* @param filePath - Path to the file to be deleted.
*/
const deleteMulterFile = (filePath: string): void => {
fs.unlink(filePath, (err) => {
if (err) {
console.error('Error deleting the file:', err)
}
})
}

export { useMulter, deleteMulterFile }
import type { H3Event } from 'h3'
import type { IncomingMessage } from 'node:http'
import multer from 'multer'
import fs from 'fs'

const middleware = multer({ dest: 'tmp/', limits: { fileSize: 5 * 1024 * 1024 } }).single('image')

/**
* Middleware function to handle file uploads using Multer.
*
* @param {H3Event} event - The event object from H3.
* @returns {Promise<{ file?: Express.Multer.File, body?: Record<string, any> }>} - A promise that resolves with the uploaded file and request body.
*/

const useMulter = async (event: H3Event): Promise<{
file?: Express.Multer.File | undefined,
body?: Record<string, unknown>,
}> => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
// eslint-disable-next-line
const req = event.node.req as IncomingMessage & any
// eslint-disable-next-line
const res = event.node.res as any

// Run multer middleware
// eslint-disable-next-line
middleware(req, res, (er: any) => {
if (er) {
reject(er)
return
}
resolve({
body: req.body,
file: req.file,
})
})
})
}

/**
* Delete a tmp from file system.
*
* @param filePath - Path to the file to be deleted.
*/
const deleteMulterFile = (filePath: string): void => {
fs.unlink(filePath, (err) => {
if (err) {
console.error('Error deleting the file:', err)
}
})
}

export { useMulter, deleteMulterFile }
i guess pnpm dont really care xd i will add types so it wont bother me 😆

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