how to store images in the mongodb database as bindata using meteor?

Question

I did researches about storing images in a mongodb database using meteor and I found this code and I get blocked in it before storing in the database:

var fs = Npm.require('fs');

// function to encode file data to base64 encoded string
function base64_encode(file) {
  // read binary data
  var bitmap = fs.readFileSync(file);
  // convert binary data to base64 encoded string
  return new Buffer(bitmap).toString('base64');
}

  // convert image to base64 encoded string
  var base64str = base64_encode('Chrysanthemum.jpg');
  console.log(base64str);

The problem is that Npm.require('fs'); doesn't work in the client side. If you have a solution for this or another solution such as a plugin working in meteor with a bar progress (for multiple images using bindata) on how to store images in mongodb, please help me. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Most common approach would be to use CollectionFS to store data in Mongo using their built in GridFS feature. This will also let you work around their 16mb document size limit. And provide set of various useful helper functions in client and server side.