Write File

Write data to a file.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/fs-write-file

Usage

var writeFile = require( '@stdlib/fs-write-file' );

writeFile( file, data[, options], clbk )

Asynchronously write data to a file.

var join = require( 'path' ).join;

var fpath = join( __dirname, 'examples', 'fixtures', 'file.txt' );

writeFile( fpath, 'beep boop\n', onWrite );

function onWrite( error ) {
    if ( error ) {
        throw error;
    }
}

The data argument may be either a string or a Buffer.

var join = require( 'path' ).join;
var string2buffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer-from-string' );

var fpath = join( __dirname, 'examples', 'fixtures', 'file.txt' );

writeFile( fpath, string2buffer( 'beep boop\n' ), onWrite );

function onWrite( error ) {
    if ( error ) {
        throw error;
    }
}

The function accepts the same options and has the same defaults as fs.writeFile().

writeFile.sync( file, data[, options] )

Synchronously writes data to a file.

var join = require( 'path' ).join;

var fpath = join( __dirname, 'examples', 'fixtures', 'file.txt' );

var err = writeFile.sync( fpath, 'beep boop\n' );
if ( err instanceof Error ) {
    throw err;
}

The function accepts the same options and has the same defaults as fs.writeFileSync().

Notes

• The difference between this writeFile.sync and fs.writeFileSync() is that fs.writeFileSync() will throw if an error is encountered (e.g., if given a non-existent directory path) and this API will return an error. Hence, the following anti-pattern

  var fs = require( 'fs' );
  
  // Check for directory path existence to prevent an error being thrown...
  if ( fs.existsSync( '/path/to' ) ) {
      fs.writeFileSync( '/path/to/file.txt', 'beep boop\n' );
  }

  can be replaced by an approach which addresses existence via error handling.

  var writeFile = require( '@stdlib/fs-write-file' );
  
  // Explicitly handle the error...
  var err = writeFile.sync( '/path/to/file.txt', 'beep boop\n' );
  if ( err instanceof Error ) {
      // You choose what to do...
      throw err;
  }

Examples

var join = require( 'path' ).join;
var writeFile = require( '@stdlib/fs-write-file' );

var fpath = join( __dirname, 'examples', 'fixtures', 'file.txt' );

// Synchronously write data to a file:
var err = writeFile.sync( fpath, 'beep boop\n', 'utf8' );
// returns null

console.log( err instanceof Error );
// => false

// Asynchronously write data to a file:
writeFile( fpath, 'beep boop\n', onWrite );

function onWrite( error ) {
    if ( error ) {
        console.error( 'Error: %s', error.message );
    }
    console.log( 'Success!' );
}

See Also

• @stdlib/fs-write-file-cli: CLI package for use as a command-line utility.
• @stdlib/fs-exists: test whether a path exists on the filesystem.
• @stdlib/fs-read-file: read the entire contents of a file.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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