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Primary LanguageJavaScript

File Uploads

Couple different ways to store images

  1. File Server - amazon s3
  • Can be run through a CDN for faster delivery
  • Costs money
  1. Your Server - fs module
  • Costs less money
  • you probably don't have your files mirrored in different servers across the globe

Modules / Libraries

Front-End

  • ngFileUpload
    • Angular doesn't deal with file inputs so this library gives the functionality we need

Back-End

  • connect-multiparty

    • bodyparser for another form of data
      • Multi-Part Form Data (Files & Data)

  • s3

    • High-level module dealing with Amazon S3
    • will allow us to upload files to their server
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}