How to Insert Blob Data in MySQL Using Node js Express

If you are creating a web application in a node express js and from this application, you want to insert blob data into MySQL database.

So, in this tutorial, you will learn how to insert blob data in mysql database using node express js.

Node Express JS Insert Blob Data in MySQL Database

Using the following steps, you can store or insert Blob data in MySQL database using node express js:

• Step 1: Setting Up the Project
• Step 2: Set Up the Database Connection
• Step 3: Creating a Table for Storing Blob Data
  

• Step 4: Read the File and Insert BLOB Data
• Step 5: Test the File Upload and BLOB Insertion

Step 1: Setting Up the Project

First of all, create one directory and open the terminal or cmd. Then navigate by executing the following command:

cd / your-created-directory

Initialize a new Node.js project by running the following command:

npm init -y

Then execute the following command on terminal or cmd to install Express and the MySQL package:

npm install express mysql

Step 2: Set Up the Database Connection

Now, visit to your node js express project directory and create an index.js file in the project directory.\

Then you need to setup database a connection to the MySQL database. So, open your index.js file in any text editor and add the following code to your index.js file:

const express = require('express');
const mysql = require('mysql');

const app = express();

// Create a MySQL connection
const connection = mysql.createConnection({
  host: 'localhost', // Replace with your MySQL host
  user: 'your_username', // Replace with your MySQL username
  password: 'your_password', // Replace with your MySQL password
  database: 'your_database', // Replace with your MySQL database name
});

// Connect to the MySQL server
connection.connect((err) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error('Error connecting to MySQL:', err);
    return;
  }
  console.log('Connected to MySQL!');
});

// Start the Express server
app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('Server is running on port 3000');
});

Step 3: Creating a Table for Storing Blob Data

Now, you need to create a table in the MySQL database to store our Blob data. Add the following code after the connection setup:

// Create a table for Blob data
connection.query(
  `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS blobs (
    id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    data LONGBLOB
  )`,
  (err) => {
    if (err) {
      console.error('Error creating table:', err);
      return;
    }
    console.log('Table created successfully!');
  }
);

Step 4: Read the File and Insert BLOB Data

Now, You need to create route to handle the POST request for inserting the Blob data. Add the following code to your index.js file:

// Route to handle Blob insertion
app.post('/blob', (req, res) => {
  const blobData = req.body.data; // Assuming the Blob data is sent as 'data' field in the request body

  // Insert the Blob data into the database
  connection.query('INSERT INTO blobs SET ?', { data: blobData }, (err, result) => {
    if (err) {
      console.error('Error inserting Blob data:', err);
      res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to insert Blob data' });
      return;
    }
    console.log('Blob data inserted successfully!');
    res.json({ message: 'Blob data inserted successfully!' });
  });
});

Step 5: Test the File Upload and BLOB Insertion

To test blob data insertion, you can use a tool like postman or curl to send a POST request to http://localhost:3000/blob including the blob data in the request body.

Note that:- Make sure to set proper header and content type as per your requirements.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to insert Blob data into MySQL using Node.js and Express.

Recommended Tutorials