Async HTML5 File Uploads with Node / Express Framework

File uploads with HTML5 these days is easy as pie, especially when you have a framework that handles everything for you, internally.  Combining Node, the Express framework and a little HTML5 magic with FormData and XMLHttpRequest, we can create a very simple file uploader that can support large files.

The Express framework supports multi-part uploads through its bodyParser middleware which utilizes the node-formidable module internally.

Start off with the client side.

Add the button click event with a bootstrap progress indicator



Add the server route.