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Create an Upload Route

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  • Create a route (e.g., /upload) to handle file upload requests with POST method.
  • Use upload.single(‘file’) middleware to handle single file uploads with the field name file.
  • In the route handler function, you can access uploaded file details in req.file.
app.post('/upload', upload.single('file'), (req, res) => {
     res.send('File uploaded successfully.');
});

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Configure Multer Storage

Create a Form to Submit Files