How to use Minio in a Node project

1. Download Minio on Windows

   To download the minio executable file click on the following link Minio.exe and remember this executable file will not open like an ordinary executable file (By double clicking it)

2. Launch the Minio Server on Localhost

   To run the following command to the location where you downloaded the minio executable and run the following command:

   minio.exe server C:\minio --console-address :9090

   After running the command you will see the following on the screen

   API: http://192.0.2.10:9000  http://127.0.0.1:9000
   RootUser: minioadmin
   RootPass: minioadmin
   
   Console: http://192.0.2.10:9090 http://127.0.0.1:9090
   RootUser: minioadmin
   RootPass: minioadmin
   
   Command-line: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc.html
      $ mc alias set myminio http://192.0.2.10:9000 minioadmin minioadmin
   
   Documentation: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/index.html
   
   WARNING: Detected default credentials 'minioadmin:minioadmin', we recommend that you change these values with 'MINIO_ROOT_USER' and 'MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD' environment variables.
   

3. Connect your browser to Minio

   Navigate to any of the APIs on your favorite browser and give the username and password from the command line

   

   After clicking on Create access key the window below should occur and click on Create

   

   On clicking create the dialog box below should occur and note down the details

   

4. Initialize a new Node js Project

   Run the below command inside an empty folder to initialize a new node project

   npm init

   After initialization run the below command to install the minio dependency

   npm install --save minio

5. Copy the code below inside the index.js file

   Create an index.js file inside the project folder and copy the following content into it

   var Minio = require("minio");
   
   var minioClient = new Minio.Client({
     endPoint: "Your IP Adress",
     port: "Port Number",
     useSSL: false,
     accessKey: "LJjliHpAHiHZUFvd",
     secretKey: "7IYKuE0A0Jc4aNdC6MDKxkE67LnPiqFD",
   });
   
   var file = "./file/my_image.jpeg";
   
   minioClient.makeBucket("myimage", "us-east-1", function (err) {
     console.log("make bucket");
     if (err) return console.log(err);
   
     console.log('Bucket created successfully in "us-east-1".');
   
     var metaData = {
       "Content-Type": "image/jpeg",
       "X-Amz-Meta-Testing": 1234,
       example: 5678,
     };
     minioClient.fPutObject(
       "myimage",
       "my_image.jpeg",
       file,
       metaData,
       function (err, etag) {
         if (err) return console.log(err);
         console.log("File uploaded successfully.");
       }
     );
   });
   

   Project Structure below:

   

6. Run the project

   To run the project write the command node index.js in the terminal and voila you will see a bucket create by the name of myimage

   

You will be able to see the my_image.jpeg inside the bucket when you click on browse