The latest articles on DEV Community by António Avelar (@antonioavelar). https://dev.to/antonioavelar https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F164682%2Faee89b12-0470-465c-9c39-a4b734f86fc4.jpeg https://dev.to/antonioavelar en António Avelar Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:02:47 +0000 https://dev.to/antonioavelar/nodejs-express-multer-how-can-i-serve-user-uploaded-files-1p4 https://dev.to/antonioavelar/nodejs-express-multer-how-can-i-serve-user-uploaded-files-1p4 <p>Hi!, i'm building a Web App where a user can upload pictures. For the task of receiving the binary files i'm using Multer.<br> So... Multer stores the pictures in the filesystem by default without the file extension. I'm storing the file data (original name, mimetype, extension, path, ...) in the database. </p> <p>How should i serve those files to the user?<br> Should i use a route, that gets the image data (extension, mimetype, ...) and then sends the file with the right mime type?<br> Or should i use the express.static("path/to/folder")?</p> needhelp fileupload