Uploading files

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takuya akama

• November 20, 2021 07:31

If you want to use node.js to upload a file to the box, use
However, if I want to upload base64 data instead of a file path, what should I do?
Also, the fileType can be String or binary, but if binary, which buffer?
Please let me know.

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  Alex Novotny

  • December 01, 2021 18:58

  Hello, 

  Have you tried something like this post from Stack Overflow? 

  Thanks, 

  Alex, Box Developer Advocate

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  Alex Novotny

  • December 01, 2021 18:59

  It does look like our sdk example only shows a file path... Ill send this to that team too. 

  Alex

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  Kamil Berdychowski

  • December 07, 2021 16:10

  Hi takuya akama,

  I'll preparing an update to the docs, here is something that worked for me when I wanted to upload a base64 content using Box Node SDK
  
  

  var {Readable, ReadableOptions} = require('stream');
  var fs = require('fs');
  var base64Content = 'TXkgY29udGVudAo='; // your base64 content
  var base64Buffer = Buffer.from(base64Content, 'base64');
  // we are using just Readable to create a stream, but you can use any library you want
  var stream = new Readable()
  stream._read = () => {
      stream.push(base64Buffer);
      stream.push(null);
  };
  // you have to pass options and define content length
  var options = {
      content_length: Buffer.byteLength(base64Content, 'base64')
  };
  // I'm uploading file to my root folder to a file 'My Base64 File.txt'
  client.files.uploadFile('0', 'My Base64 File.txt', stream, options);

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