Im able to upload an image to S3
. Now, if the file selected is .gif
, I want to be able to convert the .gif
file to .mp4
and upload the converted file to S3
. I am able to convert a .gif
to .mp4
with ffmpeg
only if I give the path of the file. How do I access the uploaded file from Multer
? Below is my code :
var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var app = express();
var aws = require('aws-sdk');
var multer = require('multer');
var multerS3 = require('multer-s3');
var s3 = new aws.S3();
var ffmpeg = require('fluent-ffmpeg');
var upload = multer({
storage: multerS3({
s3: s3,
bucket: 'myBucket',
key: function (req, file, cb) {
console.log(file);
var extension = file.originalname.substring(file.originalname.lastIndexOf('.')+1).toLowerCase();
if(extension=="gif"){
console.log("Uploaded a .gif file");
ffmpeg(file) //THIS IS NOT WORKING
.setFfmpegPath("C:\\ffmpeg\\bin\\ffmpeg.exe")
.output('./outputs/2.mp4') //TRYING TO UPLOAD LOCALLY, WHICH FAILS
.on('end', function() {
console.log('Finished processing');
})
.run();
}
cb(null, filename);
}
})
});
I'm trying to access the uploaded file like this: ffmpeg(file)
since file
is an argument passed in the multer
function.
My form :
<form action="/upload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="file"> <br />
<input type="submit" value="Upload">
</form>
In which part of the process do I convert the file?
Please help. Many thanks.
You are trying to process a file locally that's on s3
. The file needs to be your server's file system or at the very least be publicly available on s3
. So you have two options here.
a) You could first upload all the files to the server where express is running (not on s3
, first we store them temporarily). If the file is a .gif
, process it and upload the resulting .mp4
file, otherwise upload to s3
. Here's a working example:
var fs = require('fs')
var path = require('path')
var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var aws = require('aws-sdk');
var multer = require('multer');
var ffmpeg = require('fluent-ffmpeg');
var shortid = require('shortid');
aws.config.update(/* your config */);
var app = express();
var s3 = new aws.S3();
var bucket = 'myBucket';
var upload = multer({
storage: multer.diskStorage({
destination: './uploads/',
filename: function (req, file, cb){
// user shortid.generate() alone if no extension is needed
cb( null, shortid.generate() + path.parse(file.originalname).ext);
}
})
});
//----------------------------------------------------
app.post('/upload', upload.single('file'), function (req, res, next) {
var fileInfo = path.parse(req.file.filename);
if(fileInfo.ext === '.gif'){
var videoPath = 'uploads/' + fileInfo.name + '.mp4';
ffmpeg(req.file.path)
.setFfmpegPath("C:\\ffmpeg\\bin\\ffmpeg.exe")
.output(videoPath)
.on('end', function() {
console.log('[ffmpeg] processing done');
uploadFile(videoPath, fileInfo.name + '.mp4');
})
.run();
}
else {
uploadFile(req.file.path, req.file.filename);
}
res.end();
});
//----------------------------------------------------
function uploadFile(source, target){
fs.readFile(source, function (err, data) {
if (!err) {
var params = {
Bucket : bucket,
Key : target,
Body : data
};
s3.putObject(params, function(err, data) {
if (!err) {
console.log('[s3] file uploaded:');
console.log(data);
fs.unlink(source); // optionally delete the file
}
else {
console.log(err);
}
});
}
});
}
app.listen(3000);
b) Alternatively if you're ok with making your s3
files public you could upload them all using multer-s3
. Since ffmpeg
also accepts network locations as input paths you can pass it the s3
location of your .gif
files and then upload the converted .mp4
files:
var fs = require('fs')
var path = require('path')
var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var aws = require('aws-sdk');
var multer = require('multer');
var ffmpeg = require('fluent-ffmpeg');
var multerS3 = require('multer-s3');
aws.config.update(/* your config */);
var app = express();
var s3 = new aws.S3();
var bucket = 'myBucket';
var upload = multer({
storage: multerS3({
s3: s3,
bucket: bucket,
key: function (req, file, cb) {
cb(null, file.originalname);
},
acl: 'public-read'
})
});
----------------------------------------------------
app.post('/upload', upload.single('file'), function (req, res, next) {
var fileInfo = path.parse(req.file.originalname);
if(fileInfo.ext === '.gif'){
var videoPath = 'uploads/' + fileInfo.name + '.mp4';
ffmpeg(req.file.location)
.setFfmpegPath("C:\\ffmpeg\\bin\\ffmpeg.exe")
.output(videoPath)
.on('end', function() {
console.log('[ffmpeg] processing done');
uploadFile(videoPath, fileInfo.name + '.mp4');
})
.run();
}
res.end();
})
//----------------------------------------------------
function uploadFile(source, target){
fs.readFile(source, 'base64', function (err, data) {
if (!err) {
var params = {
Bucket : bucket,
Key : target,
Body : data,
ContentType : 'video/mp4'
};
s3.putObject(params, function(err, data) {
if (!err) {
console.log('[s3] file uploaded:');
console.log(data);
fs.unlink(source); // optionally delete the file
}
else {
console.log(err);
}
});
}
});
}
app.listen(3000);
For both examples, remember to create an uploads/
folder and use your aws
configuration.