如何通过SimpleSchema将图像插入到mongodb

Question

How can I define a SimpleSchema template to store image data/binary data inside a mongodb storage.

What is the type I should use? Should I use Object type?

Answer 1

You can use Buffer type to store image.

But there is size limit of 16 MB for BSON-document so GridFS may help you to store files larger than 16 MB.

Answer 2

It's not always a good idea to store images or other files in MongoDB database(or any other database). Rather store them in a separate Storage server like AWS S3 or Azure blob storage or whatever storage server and keep the link to the file in your MongoDB database. It will help you keep the DB server lean.

For more details study on multi-tier application architecture .