Writing files with Node.js

Writing a file

The easiest way to write to files in Node.js is to use the fs.writeFile() API.

const module "node:fs"fs = var require: NodeJS.Require
(id: string) => anyUsed to import modules, `JSON`, and local files.
@sincev0.1.13require('node:fs');

const const content: "Some content!"content = 'Some content!';

module "node:fs"fs.function writeFile(path: fs.PathOrFileDescriptor, data: string | NodeJS.ArrayBufferView, callback: fs.NoParamCallback): void (+1 overload)Asynchronously writes data to a file, replacing the file if it already exists.
@parampath A path to a file. If a URL is provided, it must use the `file:` protocol.
If a file descriptor is provided, the underlying file will _not_ be closed automatically.@paramdata The data to write. If something other than a Buffer or Uint8Array is provided, the value is coerced to a string.writeFile('/Users/joe/test.txt', const content: "Some content!"content, err: NodeJS.ErrnoException | nullerr => {
  if (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException | nullerr) {
    var console: ConsoleThe `console` module provides a simple debugging console that is similar to the
JavaScript console mechanism provided by web browsers.

The module exports two specific components:

* A `Console` class with methods such as `console.log()`, `console.error()` and `console.warn()` that can be used to write to any Node.js stream.
* A global `console` instance configured to write to [`process.stdout`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#processstdout) and
[`process.stderr`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#processstderr). The global `console` can be used without importing the `node:console` module.

_**Warning**_: The global console object's methods are neither consistently
synchronous like the browser APIs they resemble, nor are they consistently
asynchronous like all other Node.js streams. See the [`note on process I/O`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#a-note-on-process-io) for
more information.

Example using the global `console`:

```js
console.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints error message and stack trace to stderr:
//   Error: Whoops, something bad happened
//     at [eval]:5:15
//     at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:132:18)
//     at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:309:38)
//     at node:internal/process/execution:77:19
//     at [eval]-wrapper:6:22
//     at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:76:60)
//     at node:internal/main/eval_string:23:3

const name = 'Will Robinson';
console.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to stderr
```

Example using the `Console` class:

```js
const out = getStreamSomehow();
const err = getStreamSomehow();
const myConsole = new console.Console(out, err);

myConsole.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints: [Error: Whoops, something bad happened], to err

const name = 'Will Robinson';
myConsole.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to err
```
@see[source](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v22.x/lib/console.js)console.Console.error(message?: any, ...optionalParams: any[]): void (+1 overload)Prints to `stderr` with newline. Multiple arguments can be passed, with the
first used as the primary message and all additional used as substitution
values similar to [`printf(3)`](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/printf.3.html)
(the arguments are all passed to [`util.format()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilformatformat-args)).

```js
const code = 5;
console.error('error #%d', code);
// Prints: error #5, to stderr
console.error('error', code);
// Prints: error 5, to stderr
```

If formatting elements (e.g. `%d`) are not found in the first string then
[`util.inspect()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilinspectobject-options) is called on each argument and the
resulting string values are concatenated. See [`util.format()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilformatformat-args)
for more information.
@sincev0.1.100error(err: NodeJS.ErrnoExceptionerr);
  } else {
    // file written successfully
  }
});

Writing a file synchronously

Alternatively, you can use the synchronous version fs.writeFileSync():

const module "node:fs"fs = var require: NodeJS.Require
(id: string) => anyUsed to import modules, `JSON`, and local files.
@sincev0.1.13require('node:fs');

const const content: "Some content!"content = 'Some content!';

try {
  module "node:fs"fs.function writeFileSync(file: fs.PathOrFileDescriptor, data: string | NodeJS.ArrayBufferView, options?: fs.WriteFileOptions): voidReturns `undefined`.

The `mode` option only affects the newly created file. See 
{@link 
open
}
 for more details.

For detailed information, see the documentation of the asynchronous version of
this API: 
{@link 
writeFile
}
.
@sincev0.1.29@paramfile filename or file descriptorwriteFileSync('/Users/joe/test.txt', const content: "Some content!"content);
  // file written successfully
} catch (var err: unknownerr) {
  var console: ConsoleThe `console` module provides a simple debugging console that is similar to the
JavaScript console mechanism provided by web browsers.

The module exports two specific components:

* A `Console` class with methods such as `console.log()`, `console.error()` and `console.warn()` that can be used to write to any Node.js stream.
* A global `console` instance configured to write to [`process.stdout`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#processstdout) and
[`process.stderr`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#processstderr). The global `console` can be used without importing the `node:console` module.

_**Warning**_: The global console object's methods are neither consistently
synchronous like the browser APIs they resemble, nor are they consistently
asynchronous like all other Node.js streams. See the [`note on process I/O`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#a-note-on-process-io) for
more information.

Example using the global `console`:

```js
console.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints error message and stack trace to stderr:
//   Error: Whoops, something bad happened
//     at [eval]:5:15
//     at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:132:18)
//     at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:309:38)
//     at node:internal/process/execution:77:19
//     at [eval]-wrapper:6:22
//     at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:76:60)
//     at node:internal/main/eval_string:23:3

const name = 'Will Robinson';
console.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to stderr
```

Example using the `Console` class:

```js
const out = getStreamSomehow();
const err = getStreamSomehow();
const myConsole = new console.Console(out, err);

myConsole.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints: [Error: Whoops, something bad happened], to err

const name = 'Will Robinson';
myConsole.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to err
```
@see[source](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v22.x/lib/console.js)console.Console.error(message?: any, ...optionalParams: any[]): void (+1 overload)Prints to `stderr` with newline. Multiple arguments can be passed, with the
first used as the primary message and all additional used as substitution
values similar to [`printf(3)`](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/printf.3.html)
(the arguments are all passed to [`util.format()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilformatformat-args)).

```js
const code = 5;
console.error('error #%d', code);
// Prints: error #5, to stderr
console.error('error', code);
// Prints: error 5, to stderr
```

If formatting elements (e.g. `%d`) are not found in the first string then
[`util.inspect()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilinspectobject-options) is called on each argument and the
resulting string values are concatenated. See [`util.format()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilformatformat-args)
for more information.
@sincev0.1.100error(var err: unknownerr);
}

You can also use the promise-based fsPromises.writeFile() method offered by the fs/promises module:

const module "node:fs/promises"fs = var require: NodeJS.Require
(id: string) => anyUsed to import modules, `JSON`, and local files.
@sincev0.1.13require('node:fs/promises');

async function function example(): Promise<void>example() {
  try {
    const const content: "Some content!"content = 'Some content!';
    await module "node:fs/promises"fs.function writeFile(file: PathLike | fs.FileHandle, data: string | NodeJS.ArrayBufferView | Iterable<string | NodeJS.ArrayBufferView> | AsyncIterable<string | NodeJS.ArrayBufferView> | Stream, options?: (ObjectEncodingOptions & {
    mode?: Mode | undefined;
    flag?: OpenMode | undefined;
    flush?: boolean | undefined;
} & EventEmitter<T extends EventMap<...> = DefaultEventMap>.Abortable) | BufferEncoding | null): Promise<void>Asynchronously writes data to a file, replacing the file if it already exists. `data` can be a string, a buffer, an
[AsyncIterable](https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-asynciterable-interface), or an
[Iterable](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Iteration_protocols#The_iterable_protocol) object.

The `encoding` option is ignored if `data` is a buffer.

If `options` is a string, then it specifies the encoding.

The `mode` option only affects the newly created file. See `fs.open()` for more details.

Any specified `FileHandle` has to support writing.

It is unsafe to use `fsPromises.writeFile()` multiple times on the same file
without waiting for the promise to be settled.

Similarly to `fsPromises.readFile` \- `fsPromises.writeFile` is a convenience
method that performs multiple `write` calls internally to write the buffer
passed to it. For performance sensitive code consider using `fs.createWriteStream()` or `filehandle.createWriteStream()`.

It is possible to use an `AbortSignal` to cancel an `fsPromises.writeFile()`.
Cancelation is "best effort", and some amount of data is likely still
to be written.

```js
import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';

try {
  const controller = new AbortController();
  const { signal } = controller;
  const data = new Uint8Array(Buffer.from('Hello Node.js'));
  const promise = writeFile('message.txt', data, { signal });

  // Abort the request before the promise settles.
  controller.abort();

  await promise;
} catch (err) {
  // When a request is aborted - err is an AbortError
  console.error(err);
}
```

Aborting an ongoing request does not abort individual operating
system requests but rather the internal buffering `fs.writeFile` performs.
@sincev10.0.0@paramfile filename or `FileHandle`@returnFulfills with `undefined` upon success.writeFile('/Users/joe/test.txt', const content: "Some content!"content);
  } catch (function (local var) err: unknownerr) {
    var console: ConsoleThe `console` module provides a simple debugging console that is similar to the
JavaScript console mechanism provided by web browsers.

The module exports two specific components:

* A `Console` class with methods such as `console.log()`, `console.error()` and `console.warn()` that can be used to write to any Node.js stream.
* A global `console` instance configured to write to [`process.stdout`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#processstdout) and
[`process.stderr`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#processstderr). The global `console` can be used without importing the `node:console` module.

_**Warning**_: The global console object's methods are neither consistently
synchronous like the browser APIs they resemble, nor are they consistently
asynchronous like all other Node.js streams. See the [`note on process I/O`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#a-note-on-process-io) for
more information.

Example using the global `console`:

```js
console.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints error message and stack trace to stderr:
//   Error: Whoops, something bad happened
//     at [eval]:5:15
//     at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:132:18)
//     at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:309:38)
//     at node:internal/process/execution:77:19
//     at [eval]-wrapper:6:22
//     at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:76:60)
//     at node:internal/main/eval_string:23:3

const name = 'Will Robinson';
console.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to stderr
```

Example using the `Console` class:

```js
const out = getStreamSomehow();
const err = getStreamSomehow();
const myConsole = new console.Console(out, err);

myConsole.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints: [Error: Whoops, something bad happened], to err

const name = 'Will Robinson';
myConsole.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to err
```
@see[source](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v22.x/lib/console.js)console.Console.log(message?: any, ...optionalParams: any[]): void (+1 overload)Prints to `stdout` with newline. Multiple arguments can be passed, with the
first used as the primary message and all additional used as substitution
values similar to [`printf(3)`](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/printf.3.html)
(the arguments are all passed to [`util.format()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilformatformat-args)).

```js
const count = 5;
console.log('count: %d', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout
console.log('count:', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout
```

See [`util.format()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilformatformat-args) for more information.
@sincev0.1.100log(function (local var) err: unknownerr);
  }
}

function example(): Promise<void>example();

By default, this API will replace the contents of the file if it does already exist.

You can modify the default by specifying a flag:

fs.writeFile('/Users/joe/test.txt', content, { flag: stringflag: 'a+' }, err: anyerr => {});

The flags you'll likely use are

Flag	Description	File gets created if it doesn't exist
`r+`	This flag opens the file for reading and writing	❌
`w+`	This flag opens the file for reading and writing and it also positions the stream at the beginning of the file	✅
`a`	This flag opens the file for writing and it also positions the stream at the end of the file	✅
`a+`	This flag opens the file for reading and writing and it also positions the stream at the end of the file	✅

You can find more information about the flags in the fs documentation.

Appending content to a file

Appending to files is handy when you don't want to overwrite a file with new content, but rather add to it.

Examples

A handy method to append content to the end of a file is fs.appendFile() (and its fs.appendFileSync() counterpart):

const module "node:fs"fs = var require: NodeJS.Require
(id: string) => anyUsed to import modules, `JSON`, and local files.
@sincev0.1.13require('node:fs');

const const content: "Some content!"content = 'Some content!';

module "node:fs"fs.function appendFile(file: fs.PathOrFileDescriptor, data: string | Uint8Array, callback: fs.NoParamCallback): void (+1 overload)Asynchronously append data to a file, creating the file if it does not exist.
@paramfile A path to a file. If a URL is provided, it must use the `file:` protocol.
If a file descriptor is provided, the underlying file will _not_ be closed automatically.@paramdata The data to write. If something other than a Buffer or Uint8Array is provided, the value is coerced to a string.appendFile('file.log', const content: "Some content!"content, err: NodeJS.ErrnoException | nullerr => {
  if (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException | nullerr) {
    var console: ConsoleThe `console` module provides a simple debugging console that is similar to the
JavaScript console mechanism provided by web browsers.

The module exports two specific components:

* A `Console` class with methods such as `console.log()`, `console.error()` and `console.warn()` that can be used to write to any Node.js stream.
* A global `console` instance configured to write to [`process.stdout`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#processstdout) and
[`process.stderr`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#processstderr). The global `console` can be used without importing the `node:console` module.

_**Warning**_: The global console object's methods are neither consistently
synchronous like the browser APIs they resemble, nor are they consistently
asynchronous like all other Node.js streams. See the [`note on process I/O`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#a-note-on-process-io) for
more information.

Example using the global `console`:

```js
console.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints error message and stack trace to stderr:
//   Error: Whoops, something bad happened
//     at [eval]:5:15
//     at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:132:18)
//     at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:309:38)
//     at node:internal/process/execution:77:19
//     at [eval]-wrapper:6:22
//     at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:76:60)
//     at node:internal/main/eval_string:23:3

const name = 'Will Robinson';
console.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to stderr
```

Example using the `Console` class:

```js
const out = getStreamSomehow();
const err = getStreamSomehow();
const myConsole = new console.Console(out, err);

myConsole.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints: [Error: Whoops, something bad happened], to err

const name = 'Will Robinson';
myConsole.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to err
```
@see[source](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v22.x/lib/console.js)console.Console.error(message?: any, ...optionalParams: any[]): void (+1 overload)Prints to `stderr` with newline. Multiple arguments can be passed, with the
first used as the primary message and all additional used as substitution
values similar to [`printf(3)`](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/printf.3.html)
(the arguments are all passed to [`util.format()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilformatformat-args)).

```js
const code = 5;
console.error('error #%d', code);
// Prints: error #5, to stderr
console.error('error', code);
// Prints: error 5, to stderr
```

If formatting elements (e.g. `%d`) are not found in the first string then
[`util.inspect()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilinspectobject-options) is called on each argument and the
resulting string values are concatenated. See [`util.format()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilformatformat-args)
for more information.
@sincev0.1.100error(err: NodeJS.ErrnoExceptionerr);
  } else {
    // done!
  }
});

Example with Promises

Here is a fsPromises.appendFile() example:

const module "node:fs/promises"fs = var require: NodeJS.Require
(id: string) => anyUsed to import modules, `JSON`, and local files.
@sincev0.1.13require('node:fs/promises');

async function function example(): Promise<void>example() {
  try {
    const const content: "Some content!"content = 'Some content!';
    await module "node:fs/promises"fs.function appendFile(path: PathLike | fs.FileHandle, data: string | Uint8Array, options?: (ObjectEncodingOptions & fs.FlagAndOpenMode & {
    flush?: boolean | undefined;
}) | BufferEncoding | null): Promise<void>Asynchronously append data to a file, creating the file if it does not yet
exist. `data` can be a string or a `Buffer`.

If `options` is a string, then it specifies the `encoding`.

The `mode` option only affects the newly created file. See `fs.open()` for more details.

The `path` may be specified as a `FileHandle` that has been opened
for appending (using `fsPromises.open()`).
@sincev10.0.0@parampath filename or {FileHandle}@returnFulfills with `undefined` upon success.appendFile('/Users/joe/test.txt', const content: "Some content!"content);
  } catch (function (local var) err: unknownerr) {
    var console: ConsoleThe `console` module provides a simple debugging console that is similar to the
JavaScript console mechanism provided by web browsers.

The module exports two specific components:

* A `Console` class with methods such as `console.log()`, `console.error()` and `console.warn()` that can be used to write to any Node.js stream.
* A global `console` instance configured to write to [`process.stdout`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#processstdout) and
[`process.stderr`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#processstderr). The global `console` can be used without importing the `node:console` module.

_**Warning**_: The global console object's methods are neither consistently
synchronous like the browser APIs they resemble, nor are they consistently
asynchronous like all other Node.js streams. See the [`note on process I/O`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/process.html#a-note-on-process-io) for
more information.

Example using the global `console`:

```js
console.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints error message and stack trace to stderr:
//   Error: Whoops, something bad happened
//     at [eval]:5:15
//     at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:132:18)
//     at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:309:38)
//     at node:internal/process/execution:77:19
//     at [eval]-wrapper:6:22
//     at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:76:60)
//     at node:internal/main/eval_string:23:3

const name = 'Will Robinson';
console.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to stderr
```

Example using the `Console` class:

```js
const out = getStreamSomehow();
const err = getStreamSomehow();
const myConsole = new console.Console(out, err);

myConsole.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints: [Error: Whoops, something bad happened], to err

const name = 'Will Robinson';
myConsole.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to err
```
@see[source](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v22.x/lib/console.js)console.Console.log(message?: any, ...optionalParams: any[]): void (+1 overload)Prints to `stdout` with newline. Multiple arguments can be passed, with the
first used as the primary message and all additional used as substitution
values similar to [`printf(3)`](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/printf.3.html)
(the arguments are all passed to [`util.format()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilformatformat-args)).

```js
const count = 5;
console.log('count: %d', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout
console.log('count:', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout
```

See [`util.format()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/util.html#utilformatformat-args) for more information.
@sincev0.1.100log(function (local var) err: unknownerr);
  }
}

function example(): Promise<void>example();

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