NodeJs Post multipart/form-data

NodeJs Post

//#Request Library
//##EXAMPLE
const request = require('request')
const formData = {
        fileUploaded: {
                value: fileContent,//it should contain your pdf binary data
                options: {
                        filename: 'FILE_NAME.pdf',
                        filepath: 'FILE_NAME.pdf',
                        contentType: 'application/pdf',
                }
        }
}

const req = request.post({
        url: url,
        formData: formData
}, (err, httpResponse, body) => {
        if (err) {
                console.error('Unexpected error:', err.message)                        }
        }
         console.log('Success')
})


//#PRATICAL EXAMPLE
//#SERVER
var express = require('express'); //Express Web Server 
var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); //connects bodyParsing middleware
var formidable = require('formidable');
var path = require('path'); //used for file path
var fs = require('fs-extra'); //File System-needed for renaming file etc

var app = express();
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

/* ========================================================== 
 bodyParser() required to allow Express to see the uploaded files
============================================================ */
app.use(bodyParser({
        defer: true
}));
app.route('/upload')
        .post(function(req, res, next) {

                var form = new formidable.IncomingForm();
                //Formidable uploads to operating systems tmp dir by default
                form.uploadDir = "./img"; //set upload directory
                form.keepExtensions = true; //keep file extension

                form.parse(req, function(err, fields, files) {
                        res.writeHead(200, {
                                'content-type': 'text/plain'
                        });
                        res.write('received upload:\n\n');

                        fs.rename(files.fileUploaded.path, './img/' + files.fileUploaded.name, function(err) {
                                if (err)
                                        throw err;
                                console.log('renamed complete');
                        });
                        res.end();
                });
        });
var server = app.listen(3030, function() {
        console.log('Listening on port %d', server.address().port);
});


//SENDER.js
const request = require('request')
const fs = require('fs')

fs.readFile('file.pdf', async (err, content) => {
        if (err) {
                return console.log('Unexpected error' + err.message)
        }

        try {
                const url = 'http://localhost:3030/upload'
                const success = await uploadPDF(url, content)
                if (success) {
                        console.log('File sent with success')
                }

        } catch (err) {
                console.error('Unexpected error:', err)
        }
});

function uploadPDF(url, fileContent) {
        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                const formData = {
                        fileUploaded: {
                                value: fileContent,
                                options: {
                                        filename: 'file.pdf',
                                        filepath: 'file.pdf',
                                        contentType: 'application/pdf',
                                }
                        }
                }

                const req = request.post({
                        url: url,
                        formData: formData
                }, (err, httpResponse, body) => {
                        if (err) {
                                return reject(err)
                        }
                        return resolve(true)
                })

                return resolve(true)
        })
}

@filipenos take a look in this example here.