Description
A node.js module for parsing incoming HTML form data.
Requirements
- node.js -- v0.8.0 or newer
Install
npm install busboy
Examples
- Parsing (multipart) with default options:
var http = require('http'),
inspect = require('util').inspect;
var Busboy = require('busboy');
http.createServer(function(req, res) {
if (req.method === 'POST') {
var busboy = new Busboy({ headers: req.headers });
busboy.on('file', function(fieldname, file, filename, encoding, mimetype) {
console.log('File [' + fieldname +']: filename: ' + filename + ', encoding: ' + encoding);
file.on('data', function(data) {
console.log('File [' + fieldname +'] got ' + data.length + ' bytes');
});
file.on('end', function() {
console.log('File [' + fieldname +'] Finished');
});
});
busboy.on('field', function(fieldname, val, valTruncated, keyTruncated) {
console.log('Field [' + fieldname + ']: value: ' + inspect(val));
});
busboy.on('end', function() {
console.log('Done parsing form!');
res.writeHead(303, { Connection: 'close', Location: '/' });
res.end();
});
req.pipe(busboy);
} else if (req.method === 'GET') {
res.writeHead(200, { Connection: 'close' });
res.end('<html><head></head><body>\
<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">\
<input type="text" name="textfield"><br />\
<input type="file" name="filefield"><br />\
<input type="submit">\
</form>\
</body></html>');
}
}).listen(8000, function() {
console.log('Listening for requests');
});
// Example output, using http://nodejs.org/images/ryan-speaker.jpg as the file:
//
// Listening for requests
// File [filefield]: filename: ryan-speaker.jpg, encoding: binary
// File [filefield] got 11971 bytes
// Field [textfield]: value: 'testing! :-)'
// File [filefield] Finished
// Done parsing form!
- Parsing
multipart/form-data
& saving files. Keep track of the point where the files are all properly saved to disk.
http.createServer(function(req, res) {
if (req.method === 'POST') {
var infiles = 0, outfiles = 0, done = false,
busboy = new Busboy({ headers: req.headers });
console.log('Start parsing form ...');
busboy.on('file', function(fieldname, file, filename, encoding, mimetype) {
++infiles;
onFile(fieldname, file, filename, function() {
++outfiles;
if (done)
console.log(outfiles + '/' + infiles + ' parts written to disk');
if (done && infiles === outfiles) {
// ACTUAL EXIT CONDITION
console.log('All parts written to disk');
res.writeHead(200, { 'Connection': 'close' });
res.end("That's all folks!");
}
});
});
busboy.on('end', function() {
console.log('Done parsing form!');
done = true;
});
req.pipe(busboy);
}
}).listen(8000, function() {
console.log('Listening for requests');
});
function onFile(fieldname, file, filename, next) {
// or save at some other location
var fstream = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(os.tmpDir(), path.basename(filename)));
file.on('end', function() {
console.log(fieldname + '(' + filename + ') EOF');
});
fstream.on('close', function() {
console.log(fieldname + '(' + filename + ') written to disk');
next();
});
console.log(fieldname + '(' + filename + ') start saving');
file.pipe(fstream);
}
- Parsing (urlencoded) with default options:
var http = require('http'),
inspect = require('util').inspect;
var Busboy = require('busboy');
http.createServer(function(req, res) {
if (req.method === 'POST') {
var busboy = new Busboy({ headers: req.headers });
busboy.on('file', function(fieldname, file, filename, encoding, mimetype) {
console.log('File [' + fieldname +']: filename: ' + filename);
file.on('data', function(data) {
console.log('File [' + fieldname +'] got ' + data.length + ' bytes');
});
file.on('end', function() {
console.log('File [' + fieldname +'] Finished');
});
});
busboy.on('field', function(fieldname, val, valTruncated, keyTruncated) {
console.log('Field [' + fieldname + ']: value: ' + inspect(val));
});
busboy.on('end', function() {
console.log('Done parsing form!');
res.writeHead(303, { Connection: 'close', Location: '/' });
res.end();
});
req.pipe(busboy);
} else if (req.method === 'GET') {
res.writeHead(200, { Connection: 'close' });
res.end('<html><head></head><body>\
<form method="POST">\
<input type="text" name="textfield"><br />\
<select name="selectfield">\
<option value="1">1</option>\
<option value="10">10</option>\
<option value="100">100</option>\
<option value="9001">9001</option>\
</select><br />\
<input type="checkbox" name="checkfield">Node.js rules!<br />\
<input type="submit">\
</form>\
</body></html>');
}
}).listen(8000, function() {
console.log('Listening for requests');
});
// Example output:
//
// Listening for requests
// Field [textfield]: value: 'testing! :-)'
// Field [selectfield]: value: '9001'
// Field [checkfield]: value: 'on'
// Done parsing form!
API
Busboy is a Writable stream
Busboy (special) events
-
file(< string >fieldname, < ReadableStream >stream, < string >filename, < string >transferEncoding, < string >mimeType) - Emitted for each new file form field found.
transferEncoding
contains the 'Content-Transfer-Encoding' value for the file stream.mimeType
contains the 'Content-Type' value for the file stream. Notice that when no file is attached to the field, (typeof filename === 'undefined'), the stream is 0-length but still requires draining to signal that the event was handled, otherwise the 'end' event will not fire. call stream.resume() to drain the stream. -
field(< string >fieldname, < string >value, < boolean >valueTruncated, < boolean >fieldnameTruncated) - Emitted for each new non-file field found.
Note: The stream
passed in on the 'file' event will also emit a 'limit' event (no arguments) if the fileSize
limit is reached. If this happens, no more data will be available on the stream.
Busboy methods
-
(constructor)(< object >config) - Creates and returns a new Busboy instance with the following valid
config
settings:-
headers - object - These are the HTTP headers of the incoming request, which are used by individual parsers.
-
highWaterMark - integer - highWaterMark to use for this Busboy instance (Default: WritableStream default).
-
fileHwm - integer - highWaterMark to use for file streams (Default: ReadableStream default).
-
defCharset - string - Default character set to use when one isn't defined (Default: 'utf8').
-
limits - object - Various limits on incoming data. Valid properties are:
-
fieldNameSize - integer - Max field name size (Default: 100 bytes).
-
fieldSize - integer - Max field value size (Default: 1MB).
-
fields - integer - Max number of non-file fields (Default: Infinity).
-
fileSize - integer - For multipart forms, the max file size (Default: Infinity).
-
files - integer - For multipart forms, the max number of file fields (Default: Infinity).
-
parts - integer - For multipart forms, the max number of parts (fields + files) (Default: Infinity).
-
headerPairs - integer - For multipart forms, the max number of header key=>value pairs to parse Default: 2000 (same as node's http).
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