Upload Buffer using strapi upload

graeme · March 10, 2024, 3:40pm

thanks for that, wouldn’t have managed otherwise. I came across this too which was helpful:

Unable to send Buffer or base64 image via entity service or upload plugin

opened 08:28AM - 23 Jan 23 UTC

issue: enhancement source: core:upload

## Bug report ### Required System information Node: v18 Strapi: 4.5.6 OS…: Windows 10] DB: SQLite ### Describe the bug There is not a way afaik to send a buffer image or a base 64 image using the Entity Service API or the upload plugin. There is this forum post but it seems like a janky way to do this and I couldn't get it working: https://forum.strapi.io/t/upload-buffer-using-strapi-upload/18807 ### Steps to reproduce the behavior Create new strapi app. Try an upload a buffer using the entity service API. ### Expected behavior Ability to pass buffer or similar node js datatype within entity service ### Code snippets ``` try{ await strapi.entityService.create('plugin::og-generator.og-image', { populate: '*', data:{ collection: collectionName, collectionID: id }, files:{ media: image } }) }catch(err){ console.log(err) }```