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A javascript/nodejs multipart/form-data parser which operates on raw data.
The parse-multipart-data npm package is used to parse multipart/form-data, which is commonly used for file uploads in web applications. It allows you to extract files and fields from multipart form data.
Parsing Multipart Data
This feature allows you to parse multipart form data. The code sample demonstrates how to parse a multipart body with a boundary string, extracting both a text field and a file.
const { parse } = require('parse-multipart-data');
const boundary = '----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW';
const body = Buffer.from('--' + boundary + '\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="field1"\r\n\r\nvalue1\r\n--' + boundary + '\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="file1"; filename="example.txt"\r\nContent-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\nHello, World!\r\n--' + boundary + '--');
const parts = parse(body, boundary);
console.log(parts);
Extracting Files
This feature allows you to extract files from the parsed multipart data. The code sample demonstrates how to find and extract a file named 'example.txt' from the multipart body.
const { parse } = require('parse-multipart-data');
const boundary = '----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW';
const body = Buffer.from('--' + boundary + '\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="file1"; filename="example.txt"\r\nContent-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\nHello, World!\r\n--' + boundary + '--');
const parts = parse(body, boundary);
const file = parts.find(part => part.filename === 'example.txt');
console.log(file);
Extracting Fields
This feature allows you to extract fields from the parsed multipart data. The code sample demonstrates how to find and extract a field named 'field1' from the multipart body.
const { parse } = require('parse-multipart-data');
const boundary = '----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW';
const body = Buffer.from('--' + boundary + '\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="field1"\r\n\r\nvalue1\r\n--' + boundary + '--');
const parts = parse(body, boundary);
const field = parts.find(part => part.name === 'field1');
console.log(field);
Busboy is a streaming parser for HTML form data for node.js. It is particularly useful for handling file uploads. Compared to parse-multipart-data, Busboy is more focused on streaming and can handle larger files more efficiently.
Multer is a middleware for handling multipart/form-data, which is primarily used for uploading files. It is built on top of Busboy and provides a higher-level API for handling file uploads in Express.js applications. Compared to parse-multipart-data, Multer offers more features and is easier to integrate with Express.js.
Formidable is a Node.js module for parsing form data, especially file uploads. It is a mature and well-maintained library that provides a robust solution for handling file uploads. Compared to parse-multipart-data, Formidable offers more configuration options and is more feature-rich.
A Typescript lib multipart/form-data parser which operates on raw data. Forked from freesoftwarefactory/parse-multipart
Sometimes you only have access to the raw multipart payload and it needs to be parsed in order to extract the files or data contained on it. As an example: the Amazon AWS ApiGateway, which will operate as a facade between the http client and your component (the one written by you designed to extract the uploaded files or data).
The raw payload formatted as multipart/form-data will looks like this one:
------WebKitFormBoundaryDtbT5UpPj83kllfw
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="uploads[]"; filename="somebinary.dat"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
some binary data...maybe the bits of a image..
------WebKitFormBoundaryDtbT5UpPj83kllfw
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="uploads[]"; filename="sometext.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain
hello how are you
------WebKitFormBoundaryDtbT5UpPj83kllfw
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="input1";
value1
------WebKitFormBoundaryDtbT5UpPj83kllfw--
The lines above represents a raw multipart/form-data payload sent by some
HTTP client via form submission containing two files and an input text with id input1
and value value1
. We need to extract everything contained inside it. The multipart format allows you to send more
than one file in the same payload, that's why it is called: multipart.
In the next lines you can see a implementation. In this case two key values needs to be present:
------WebKitFormBoundaryDtbT5UpPj83kllfw
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="uploads[]"; filename="sometext.txt"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
hello how are you
------WebKitFormBoundaryDtbT5UpPj83kllfw--
----WebKitFormBoundaryDtbT5UpPj83kllfw
Now, having this two key values then you can implement it:
const multipart = require('parse-multipart-data');
const body = "..the multipart raw body..";
const boundary = "----WebKitFormBoundaryDtbT5UpPj83kllfw";
const parts = multipart.parse(body,boundary);
for (let i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
const part = parts[i];
// will be: { filename: 'A.txt', type: 'text/plain', data: <Buffer 41 41 41 41 42 42 42 42> }
}
The returned data is a part
array with properties: filename
, type
and data
. data
is type of Buffer.
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A javascript/nodejs multipart/form-data parser which operates on raw data.
The npm package parse-multipart-data receives a total of 165,173 weekly downloads. As such, parse-multipart-data popularity was classified as popular.
We found that parse-multipart-data demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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