Folder Prep & Multer Install
Folder Structure
Section titled “Folder Structure”We need a dedicated location on our local machine to store these physical files. Create the target /public/uploads/ directory where Multer will automatically write our uploaded files.
public/ uploads/We also need to create a middleware file to configure Multer to intercept the files. Let’s create a directory middleware/ and the file middleware/uploads.js.
middleware/ uploads.jsInstall Dependencies
Section titled “Install Dependencies”Multer is a Node.js middleware for handling multipart/form-data, which is primarily used for uploading files. The Express framework cannot natively digest file attachments on its own.
Run the installation script in your app’s root directory:
npm install multerExtra Bits & Bytes
Section titled “Extra Bits & Bytes”Multer npm page
📘 Prep for Uploads with Multer (PNG)
⏭ Next: Configure Multer
Section titled “⏭ Next: Configure Multer”With the package installed and our folders ready, let’s configure Multer to receive, store, and process the files.