We need to create a folder for each user and store their files within it. Is it possible to do it in strapi v4 using media uploads

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[details=“System Information”]

  • Strapi Version: 4
  • Operating System: windows 10
  • Database: mysql
  • Node Version: v16.16.0
  • NPM Version: 8.11.0
  • Yarn Version: 1.22.15
    [/details] As the upload media folder becomes very cluttered is there a way to create folders in upload and group the media files.
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Well, folders are a thing in the media library provided by the upload plugin since I think v4.3.0:

I’m sure you can create and access folders with a custom controller.

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Thank you so much.
But how can I do this through an API.
Can I create a new folder using API and then upload the files into that folder

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I solved this way, on my case, on top of the user level folder, I have a category folder, lets call it firstLevelFolder

example.file from user_123 would end up on

/firstLevelFolder/user_123/example.file

const uploadUserFilesService = async (fileArray, user) => {
  const uploadService = strapi.plugins.upload.services.upload;
  const folderService = strapi.plugins.upload.services.folder;

  // FIRST LEVEL FOLDER BLOCK
  let firstLevelFolderBase = await strapi.query('plugin::upload.folder').findOne({where: {name: 'firstLevelFolder'}});
  if (!firstLevelFolderBase) {
    await folderService.create({name: 'firstLevelFolder'})
    firstLevelFolderBase = await strapi.query('plugin::upload.folder').findOne({where: {name: 'firstLevelFolder'}});
  }

// USER LEVEL FOLDER BLOCK
  let userLevelFolder = await strapi.query('plugin::upload.folder').findOne({where: {name: user.username, parent: firstLevelFolderBase}});
  if (!userLevelFolder) {
    await folderService.create({name: user.username, parent: firstLevelFolderBase.id})
    userLevelFolder = await strapi.query('plugin::upload.folder').findOne({where: {name: user.username, parent: firstLevelFolderBase}});
  }


  // NOW LETS UPDATE THE FILES
  const uploadedFiles = await Promise.map(fileArray, async (file) => {
      return uploadService.upload({
        data: {
          path: `firstLevelFolder/${user.username}`,
          fileInfo: {folder: userLevelFolder.id},
        },
        files: file
      })
    }
  );
}
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Thank you i will try this

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I have created folders using the API(strapi.plugins.upload.services.folder) but how do i upload files to this folders

As per my understanding i can use the api/document to upload files to media library however i need to upload files to the newly created folder inside the media library.

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Any updates please?

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any updates??

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You need to add the folder id and path on your entity, like this:

const usersFolder = await /*...*/;
const userFolder = await /*...*/;

const entity = {
    name: 'profile-picture',
    path: `${usersFolder.name}/${userFolder.name}`, // Only available on AWS S3
    folder: userFolder.id, // Parent folder ID
    folderPath: userFolder.path, // Parent folder path
    ext: path.extname(file.filename),
    mime: file.mimetype,
    provider: uploadConfig.provider,
    getStream() {
         return Readable.from(readStream);
    },
};

await uploadService.upload(entity);

const res = await strapi.query('plugin::upload.file').create({
    data: entity,
});

I hope it helps

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