9. Working with Node.js

Activity 9.01: Create a Web Application to Upload, Store, and Save Image Details

Solution

1. Let's first go through the directory structure and define the folders to upload the images:

   Figure 9.22: Directory structure for this activity

   As you can see, in this project you will try to upload images in the public/images directory. This directory must be present at the root of the project and the current user should have read and write access to this directory. By default, you will get both the permissions to this directory.

   Note

   The source code will only contain two files (app.js and package.json). All the other files shown in the images directory in the preceding figure will not be present there. Once you start uploading files, you will see all the uploaded images there.

   Before proceeding further, be sure to create a public/images directory in the root of this project that relates to app.js and package.json. The currently logged-in user of your...