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Why is req.busboy undefined?

I am using connect-busboy in Express.js 4 in order to upload files. I have added app.use(busboy({ immediate: true }); in app.js. My route handler looks like this:

router.post('/upload', function (req, res) {
    var fstream;

    req.pipe(req.busboy);
    console.log(req.busboy);
    req.busboy.on('file', function (fieldName, file, fileName) {
        console.log('Uploading ' + fileName + '...');
        fstream = fs.createWriteStream(__dirname + '/data/' + fileName);
        file.pipe(fstream);
        fstream.on('close', function () {
            res.end('ok');
        });
    });
});

The console.log(req.busboy); returns undefined. Why?!??!

Solution

  • Sorted it out! It turns out that the contentType should be form/multi-part, which wasn't the case