Access to statics only via API?

Question

Express.js

Now I am writing an API on nodejs. The bottom line is that there are statics (images) on the server. Of course, you can access it by URL (localhost:3000/static/bla-bla-bla.jpg). I need to be able to access the statics only through the API. How to do it?

Answer 1

Using the API, you can get either the url of this file (as a text) or a blob, but then you can store the original data stream anywhere outside the static folder.