express middleware for imgbb
npm install express-imgbbExpress Middleware for imgbb
Supports multiple file uploads.
It uses the official imgbb API https://api.imgbb.com/
Check the official API document for detailed usage.
You can use base64 encoding, or web address.
It may be implementable to upload the binary file directly, but it will not be easy to receive the file from the client and send the object again.
In this case, do not use middleware and call the API directly.
``bash`
npm install express-imgbb
`javascript
const { imgbb } = require('express-imgbb')
const express = require('express')
const path = require('path')
const app = express()
// dotenv is recommended to store the API Key.
const { config } = require('dotenv')
config()
// Because the image size is large, you need to increase the limit.
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true, limit: '32mb' }))
app.use(express.json({ limit: '32mb' }))
// Get an API key from the official website. (https://api.imgbb.com/)
app.set('IMGBB_API_KEY', process.env.API_KEY)
/**
* For body parameters, refer to the requested schema below.
*/
app.post('/upload', imgbb, (req, res) => {
const imgbb = req['imgbb']
const results = imgbb.results
// ... doing Something
})
`
`typescript
export type ImgbbRequest = Array<{
image: string // base64 or url path
name?: string
expiration?: number
}>
type ImgbbResponse = {
results: Array<{
data?: {
id: string
title: string
url_viewer: string
url: string
display_url: string
size: string
time: string
expiration: string
image: {
filename: string
name: string
mime: string
extension: string
url: string
}
thumb: {
filename: string
name: string
mime: string
extension: string
url: string
}
medium: {
filename: string
name: string
mime: string
extension: string
url: string
}
delete_url: string
}
error?: {
message: string
code: number
context: string
}
success: boolean
status: number
}>
errors: string[] // Caution, it's not imgbb errors, it's network errors.
}
``
If you check 'test' directory, there is an example of uploading using the base64 method.