pillarjs/multiparty

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

multiparty is a Node.js library for parsing HTTP requests with content-type multipart/form-data, commonly used for handling file uploads. It supports streaming (streams2) and offers configurable limits on field and file sizes.

Use cases

• parse multipart/form-data file uploads in node.js
• handle file upload requests in an http server
• stream incoming form data without buffering everything in memory
• extract fields and files from a form post
• limit upload size and field count in node.js

When to choose

• you need a battle-tested multipart parser for a plain Node.js http server
• you want streaming parsing of large file uploads
• you need fine-grained limits on fields and file sizes

When to avoid

• you need maximum parsing performance - busboy is faster
• you are using a framework with built-in multipart handling
• you need browser-side form handling - this is server-side only

Facets

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parser file-upload http-server middleware web-development backend files apis multipart-form-data file-upload streaming http-request-parsing nodejs javascript

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