In node.js, you can require fs
, and then call fs.writeFile
with the filename, and data to write to that file (as a string or a buffer). That will overwrite the entire file, so to just append that data to the file instead, pass an options object with the flag
key set to a
. Or, you can use fs.appendFile
. Make sure to handle errors using a callback as the last argument to writeFile
and appendFile
.
There are synchronous versions of each function as well, fs.writeFileSync
and fs.appendFileSync
, which will throw errors, instead of returning them in a callback.
const fs = require(‘fs‘) const contents = ‘Data to write 123\n‘ // Write File, async: fs.writeFile(‘output.txt‘, contents, { // flag: ‘a‘ // ‘a‘ flag for append }, (err) => { console.log("ERROR: ", err) }) // Append File, async: fs.appendFile(‘output.txt‘, contents, (err) => { console.log("ERROR: ", err) }) // Write File, Sync: fs.writeFileSync(‘output.txt‘, contents) // Append File, Sync: fs.appendFileSync(‘output.txt‘, contents) // Sync Error example: try { fs.appendFileSync(‘output.txt‘, contents, { flag: ‘ax‘ }) } catch(e) { console.log("ERROR: ", e) } console.log("\nEnd of script")
[Node.js] Write or Append to a File in Node.js with fs.writeFile and fs.writeFileSync