Full-Stack React Projects - Second Edition

The create media API

We will implement a create media API in the backend to allow users to create new media posts on the application. This API will receive a POST request at '/api/media/new/:userId' with the multipart body content containing the media fields and the uploaded video file. First, we will declare the create media route and utilize the userByID method from the user controller, as shown in the following code.

mern-mediastream/server/routes/media.routes.js:

router.route('/api/media/new/:userId')        .post(authCtrl.requireSignin, mediaCtrl.create)router.param('userId', userCtrl.userByID)

The userByID method processes the :userId parameter that's passed in the URL and retrieves the associated user from the database. The user object becomes ...