Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory,

Question

When I'm trying to upload images and save in public/upload_files folder through postman it shows this error

node -v v10.15.3

npm -v 6.9.0

"Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory"

This is my code

const express = require('express'); 

const router = express.Router();    
const multer = require('multer');

const storage = multer.diskStorage({    
  destination: function(req, file, cb) {
    cb(null,'./public/uploaded_files');    
  },    
  filename: function(req, file, cb) {       
    cb(null,new Date().toISOString() + file.originalname);    
  } 
});

const upload = multer({storage:storage});    

router.post('/', upload.single('file'), (req,res,next) => {    
  console.log(req.file);
});

module.exports = router;

I'm just trying to save the images in the following folder public/upload_files

yes it exists. It gives me this error Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'D:\Event\public\uploaded_files\2019-04-20T20:34:21.195Z025.JPG' — cool, Apr 20 '19 at 20:31
Maybe try without the full-stop `.` in your path like this `'\public\uploaded_files'` — Menelaos Kotsollaris, Apr 21 '19 at 02:25

cool · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-01T11:43:57.677

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I made few changes to my code and it worked.

I added this line

cb(null,path.join(__dirname,'../upload'))

and this

cb(null,Date.now() + path.extname(file.originalname))

code

var storage = multer.diskStorage({
    
destination: function(req, file, cb)
    
{
        
cb(null,path.join(__dirname,'../upload'))
 
},
    
filename: function(req, file, cb)
    
{
        
cb(null,Date.now() + path.extname(file.originalname))
    }
});

edited Mar 01 '21 at 11:43

answered Apr 21 '19 at 06:31

cool

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Didn't work for me so I used relative path – Hidayt Rahman Mar 01 '21 at 09:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 29 '20 at 02:05

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Use

cb(null, Date.now() + file.originalname);

instead of

cb(null, new Date().toISOString() + file.originalname);

to prevent

"error": "ENOENT: no such file or directory

edited Apr 29 '20 at 02:05

Akber Iqbal

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answered Apr 28 '20 at 21:29

Banny

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 19 '20 at 19:51

It may due to a forbidden filename or OS action. Did you ran the program in different OS? For eg: Some OS does not allow filename with some special characters as produced by the new Date().toISOString() function. Extra: I think this code is from the Node js course from Max.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 04 '22 at 19:28

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Works with me...

cb(null, './uploads/');

and...

cb(null, new Date().getTime() + file.originalname);

the final result is...

filename: '1656962448485IMG-20200414-WA0030.jpg',
path: 'uploads\\1656962448485IMG-20200414-WA0030.jpg',

answered Jul 04 '22 at 19:28

Rafael Gioffi

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 30 '22 at 11:04

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new Date().toISOString()

is not a properName for windows file system to save a file. try using

Date.now()

or

new Date().getTime()

or anything which doesnt include invalid characters

answered Aug 30 '22 at 11:04

Emre Kilinc Arslan

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Amit Kumar · Answer 6 · 2020-09-04T21:38:40.957

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  const storage = multer.diskStorage({
        destination: function(req, file, cb) {
            cb(null, './public/uploaded_files');
        },
        filename: function(req, file, cb) {
             // cb(null, new Date().toISOString() + file.originalname) // this is wrong
            cb(null, Date.now() + file.originalname);
        }
    });

edited Sep 04 '20 at 21:38

answered Sep 04 '20 at 21:27

Amit Kumar

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While this code may solve the question, [including an explanation](//meta.stackexchange.com/q/114762) of how and why this solves the problem would really help to improve the quality of your post, and probably result in more up-votes. Remember that you are answering the question for readers in the future, not just the person asking now. Please [edit] your answer to add explanations and give an indication of what limitations and assumptions apply. – Adrian Mole Sep 05 '20 at 00:18

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