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| //#Request Library | |
| //##EXAMPLE | |
| const request = require('request') | |
| const formData = { | |
| fileUploaded: { | |
| value: fileContent,//it should contain your pdf binary data | |
| options: { | |
| filename: 'FILE_NAME.pdf', | |
| filepath: 'FILE_NAME.pdf', | |
| contentType: 'application/pdf', | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| const req = request.post({ | |
| url: url, | |
| formData: formData | |
| }, (err, httpResponse, body) => { | |
| if (err) { | |
| console.error('Unexpected error:', err.message) } | |
| } | |
| console.log('Success') | |
| }) | |
| //#PRATICAL EXAMPLE | |
| //#SERVER | |
| var express = require('express'); //Express Web Server | |
| var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); //connects bodyParsing middleware | |
| var formidable = require('formidable'); | |
| var path = require('path'); //used for file path | |
| var fs = require('fs-extra'); //File System-needed for renaming file etc | |
| var app = express(); | |
| app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'))); | |
| /* ========================================================== | |
| bodyParser() required to allow Express to see the uploaded files | |
| ============================================================ */ | |
| app.use(bodyParser({ | |
| defer: true | |
| })); | |
| app.route('/upload') | |
| .post(function(req, res, next) { | |
| var form = new formidable.IncomingForm(); | |
| //Formidable uploads to operating systems tmp dir by default | |
| form.uploadDir = "./img"; //set upload directory | |
| form.keepExtensions = true; //keep file extension | |
| form.parse(req, function(err, fields, files) { | |
| res.writeHead(200, { | |
| 'content-type': 'text/plain' | |
| }); | |
| res.write('received upload:\n\n'); | |
| fs.rename(files.fileUploaded.path, './img/' + files.fileUploaded.name, function(err) { | |
| if (err) | |
| throw err; | |
| console.log('renamed complete'); | |
| }); | |
| res.end(); | |
| }); | |
| }); | |
| var server = app.listen(3030, function() { | |
| console.log('Listening on port %d', server.address().port); | |
| }); | |
| //SENDER.js | |
| const request = require('request') | |
| const fs = require('fs') | |
| fs.readFile('file.pdf', async (err, content) => { | |
| if (err) { | |
| return console.log('Unexpected error' + err.message) | |
| } | |
| try { | |
| const url = 'http://localhost:3030/upload' | |
| const success = await uploadPDF(url, content) | |
| if (success) { | |
| console.log('File sent with success') | |
| } | |
| } catch (err) { | |
| console.error('Unexpected error:', err) | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| function uploadPDF(url, fileContent) { | |
| return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { | |
| const formData = { | |
| fileUploaded: { | |
| value: fileContent, | |
| options: { | |
| filename: 'file.pdf', | |
| filepath: 'file.pdf', | |
| contentType: 'application/pdf', | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| const req = request.post({ | |
| url: url, | |
| formData: formData | |
| }, (err, httpResponse, body) => { | |
| if (err) { | |
| return reject(err) | |
| } | |
| return resolve(true) | |
| }) | |
| return resolve(true) | |
| }) | |
| } | |
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@filipenos take a look in this example here.