# express-fileupload Examples ## Basic File Upload **Your node.js code:** ```javascript const express = require('express'); const fileUpload = require('express-fileupload'); const app = express(); // default options app.use(fileUpload()); app.post('/upload', function(req, res) { if (Object.keys(req.files).length == 0) { return res.status(400).send('No files were uploaded.'); } // The name of the input field (i.e. "sampleFile") is used to retrieve the uploaded file let sampleFile = req.files.sampleFile; // Use the mv() method to place the file somewhere on your server sampleFile.mv('/somewhere/on/your/server/filename.jpg', function(err) { if (err) return res.status(500).send(err); res.send('File uploaded!'); }); }); ``` **Your HTML file upload form:** ```html
``` ## Multi-File Upload express-fileupload supports multiple file uploads at the same time. Let's say you have three files in your form, each of the inputs with the name `my_profile_pic`, `my_pet`, and `my_cover_photo`: ```html ``` These uploaded files would be accessible like so: ```javascript app.post('/upload', function(req, res) { // Uploaded files: console.log(req.files.my_profile_pic.name); console.log(req.files.my_pet.name); console.log(req.files.my_cover_photo.name); }); ```