Get full file path in Node.js

Question

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.

Answer 1

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.