pull-mongo-files

Read and write files from MongoDb's GridFS using pull-streams.

files.write(id[, meta]) -> SinkStream() -> Promise()
files.read(id) -> SourceStream()
files.stat(id) -> Promise({ id, meta })
files.exists(id) -> Promise(Boolean)

Setup

npm install pull-mongo-files

const {GridFSBucket, MongoClient} = require('mongodb')
const client = new MongoClient('mongodb://localhost:27017/myproject')
const files = require('pull-mongo-files')(GridFSBucket, client.db())

Examples

Write

const fs = require('node:fs')
const pull = require('pull-stream')
const toPull = require('stream-to-pull-stream')

pull(
	toPull.source(fs.createReadStream('my_image.jpg'), {
		name: 'image.jpg',
		type:
	}),
	files.write(ObjectId())
)

Read

const pull = require('pull-stream')
const toPull = require('stream-to-pull-stream')

pull(files.read(id), toPull.sink(res))

Meta data

Use write to write any meta data and stat to read it.

If you provide the keys name and type they are duplicated onto the file document's root level as filename and contentType as those have special status in other MongoDb GridFS implementations.

Using UUIDs

const uuid = require('mongo-uuid')

files.write(uuid())