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I have an application which uploads csv file into a particular folder, say, "uploads". Now I want to get the full path of that csv file, for example, D:\MyNodeApp\uploads\Test.csv.
How do I get the file location in Node.js? I used multer to upload file.
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We can get the path of the present script in node. js by using __dirname and __filename module scope variables. __dirname: It returns the directory name of the current module in which the current script is located.
The first method to get the path of the current directory is the __dirname method. This is a Node. js core module that gets the current path of whatever directory the JavaScript file or module is running in. And you can also get the same result by using the path.
Use the path. resolve() method to get an absolute path of a file from a relative path in Node. js, e.g. path. resolve('./some-file.
var path = require("path"); var absolutePath = path.resolve("Relative file path"); You dir structure for example:
C:->WebServer->Public->Uploads->MyFile.csv
and your working directory would be Public for example, path.resolve would be like that.
path.resolve("./Uploads/MyFile.csv"); POSIX home/WebServer/Public/Uploads/MyFile.csv
WINDOWS C:\WebServer\Public\Uploads\MyFile.csv
this solution is multiplatform and allows your application to work on both windows and posix machines.
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