[SOLVED] Mongodb and Gridfs file download

Mongodb and Gridfs file download

I'm building an application that allows the user to upload and download files. The issue i'm currently having is that I can retrieve the file from my MongoDB database and download it locally through my machine, but I can't get it to download through the browser.

So far I have tried doing it like this

const conn = mongoose.createConnection(process.env.URL, {
    useNewUrlParser: true,
    useUnifiedTopology: true
})

const bucket = new GridFSBucket(conn, {bucketName: 'uploads'});


router.get('/download', (req, res) => {

    const files = bucket.openDownloadStreamByName('3987a162969935378c4f8cbe5d95bb46.svg').pipe(fs.createWriteStream('./3987a162969935378c4f8cbe5d95bb46.svg'))
    res.end()
})

Solution

I do not think the issue is with mongoDB or Gridfs its how you are dealing with the file stream. If you want the file to be downloaded once the user calls /GET /download you need to
use - res.download(file); e.g.

const conn = mongoose.createConnection(process.env.URL, {
  useNewUrlParser: true,
  useUnifiedTopology: true
})

const bucket = new GridFSBucket(conn, {
  bucketName: 'uploads'
});


router.get('/download', (req, res) => {

  const files = bucket.openDownloadStreamByName('3987a162969935378c4f8cbe5d95bb46.svg').pipe(fs.createWriteStream('./3987a162969935378c4f8cbe5d95bb46.svg'))
  res.download(files)
})

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