multer VS form-data

Compare multer vs form-data and see what are their differences.

multer

Node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. (by expressjs)

form-data

A module to create readable `"multipart/form-data"` streams. Can be used to submit forms and file uploads to other web applications. (by form-data)
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multer form-data
20 2
11,334 2,249
1.0% 0.3%
4.7 0.0
4 days ago 20 days ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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multer

Posts with mentions or reviews of multer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-10.

form-data

Posts with mentions or reviews of form-data. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-06.
  • Run API tests with Newman and send reports to Telegram
    9 projects | dev.to | 6 Nov 2022
    The next request turned out to be a little more difficult to implement because it had to send a report.html file inside it, which first needed to be converted using the encoding type multipart form-data. Therefore to create readable "multipart/form-data" streams, I needed to use the Form-Data library. In order to install it locally, used the following command:
  • Send a File With Axios in Node.js
    2 projects | dev.to | 31 May 2021
    Because we don't have access to the FormData interface in Node.js as we do in the browser, we use the form-data library to construct a form. This is similar to a

What are some alternatives?

When comparing multer and form-data you can also consider the following projects:

busboy - A streaming parser for HTML form data for node.js

wretch - A tiny wrapper built around fetch with an intuitive syntax. :candy:

react-native-image-picker - :sunrise_over_mountains: A React Native module that allows you to use native UI to select media from the device library or directly from the camera.

telegram-bot-ruby - Ruby wrapper for Telegram's Bot API

sharp - High performance Node.js image processing, the fastest module to resize JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and TIFF images. Uses the libvips library.

node-crc32-stream - a streaming CRC32 checksumer (now with deflate support)

astro-form-data - Using Astro with FormData (difficult mode)

newman-reporter-htmlextra - A HTML reporter for Postman's Command Line Runner, Newman. Includes Non Aggregated Runs broken down by Iterations, Skipped Tests, Console Logs and the handlebars helpers module for better custom templates.

Express - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

Newman-Telegram-API - Run your collections with Newman and get html-reports in Telegram

dotenv - Loads environment variables from .env for nodejs projects.

Slashboard-pulsar - A simple dashboard to keep track of all your active devices/servers