Not understanding how to integrate GridFS with MongoDB

Working with Data
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So I am having a small error on how to integrate Mongodb GridFS with my NextJS api page - which is designed to upload images as well as create a new document.

The stage that I am stuck at is how do I get the data into MongoDB GridFS.

I am using formidable which is a nodeJS plugin to read form data including FILES.

  const form = new formidable.IncomingForm();
  //const uploadFolder = path.join(__dirname, 'public','files');


  form.uploadDir = "public/files";
  form.keepExtensions = true;
  form.parse(req, (err, fields, files) => {
    var file = files.file
    console.log(JSON.stringify(file));
    
    try{
        const newFile = File.create({
            name:`files\${file.newFilename}.mp3`
         
        });
        res.status(200).json({status:'success'});
    }
    catch(error){
        res.send(error);
    }
  });

The above code works by putting the temp file in public/files directory - So I know I am going to have to read this data?

I am wondering if anyone else has worked with formidable and MongoDB for file uploads.

I posted this question on StackOverflow as well, any help would be great.

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I suggest you to read this blog post. It covers all you need to know about GridFs usage: https://www.beingdev.online/posts/gridfs-nodejs