fix: cannot upload attachment files in docker (#241)

backend/.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules/
 .env
-public/uploads/
+public/uploads/*
+!public/uploads/dummy.txt

backend/migrations/20250712000000-rename-path-to-filename-in-attachments.js

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = {
+  up: async (queryInterface) => {
+    // Rename column 'path' to 'filename' in 'Attachments' table
+    await queryInterface.renameColumn('Attachments', 'path', 'filename');
+  },
+
+  down: async (queryInterface) => {
+    // Revert column name from 'filename' back to 'path'
+    await queryInterface.renameColumn('Attachments', 'filename', 'path');
+  },
+};

backend/models/attachments.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function defineAttachment(sequelize, DataTypes) {
       type: DataTypes.STRING,
       allowNull: true,
     },
-    path: {
+    filename: {
       type: DataTypes.STRING,
       allowNull: false,
     },

backend/routes/attachments/delete.js

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
 const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const defineAttachment = require('../../models/attachments');
 const { DataTypes } = require('sequelize');
+const defineAttachment = require('../../models/attachments');
 
 module.exports = function (sequelize) {
   const Attachment = defineAttachment(sequelize, DataTypes);
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ module.exports = function (sequelize) {
 
       // delete file from folder
       const uploadDir = path.join(__dirname, '../../public/uploads');
-      const url = attachment.path;
-      const fileName = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
-      const filePath = path.join(uploadDir, fileName);
+      const filePath = path.join(uploadDir, attachment.filename);
       fs.unlink(filePath, (err) => {
         if (err) {
           console.error('Error deleting file:', err);

backend/routes/attachments/download.js

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
 const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const defineAttachment = require('../../models/attachments');
 const { DataTypes } = require('sequelize');
+const defineAttachment = require('../../models/attachments');
 
 module.exports = function (sequelize) {
   const Attachment = defineAttachment(sequelize, DataTypes);
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ module.exports = function (sequelize) {
         return res.status(404).send('Attachment not found');
       }
 
-      const filename = attachment.path.split('/').pop();
-      const filePath = path.join(__dirname, `../../public/uploads/${filename}`);
+      const filePath = path.join(__dirname, `../../public/uploads/${attachment.filename}`);
 
       if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
         return res.status(404).json({ error: 'File not found' });

backend/routes/attachments/new.js

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
 const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
 const multer = require('multer');
+const { DataTypes } = require('sequelize');
 const defineAttachment = require('../../models/attachments');
 const defineCaseAttachment = require('../../models/caseAttachments');
-const { DataTypes } = require('sequelize');
 
 module.exports = function (sequelize) {
   const Attachment = defineAttachment(sequelize, DataTypes);
@@ -55,11 +55,9 @@ module.exports = function (sequelize) {
         return res.status(400).json({ error: 'No files uploaded' });
       }
 
-      const host = req.get('host');
-      const protocol = req.protocol;
       const attachmentsData = files.map((file) => ({
         title: file.originalname,
-        path: `${protocol}://${host}/uploads/${file.filename}`,
+        filename: file.filename,
       }));
 
       const newAttachments = await Attachment.bulkCreate(attachmentsData, {
@@ -74,6 +72,7 @@ module.exports = function (sequelize) {
       await t.commit();
       res.json(newAttachments);
     } catch (error) {
+      console.error(error);
       await t.rollback();
       res.status(500).json({ error: 'Internal server error' });
     }

backend/seeders/seed.js

@@ -550,19 +550,18 @@ module.exports = {
       },
     ]);
 
-    const backendOrigin = process.env.BACKEND_ORIGIN || 'http://localhost:8001';
     await queryInterface.bulkInsert('attachments', [
       {
         title: 'Selenium logo',
         detail: '',
-        path: `${backendOrigin}/uploads/861px-Selenium_Logo.png`,
+        filename: '861px-Selenium_Logo.png',
         createdAt: new Date(),
         updatedAt: new Date(),
       },
       {
         title: 'vitest logo',
         detail: '',
-        path: `${backendOrigin}/uploads/logo-shadow.svg`,
+        filename: 'logo-shadow.svg',
         createdAt: new Date(),
         updatedAt: new Date(),
       },