How to write a file to specific directory in NodeJS?

Question

I am writing some text to a file us the fs module.

fs.writeFile('result.txt', 'This is my text', function (err) { if (err) throw err; console.log('Results Received'); });

Now this works fine. I want to write this file to a niktoResults folder in my project but when i do

fs.writeFile('/niktoResults/result.txt', 'This is my text', function (err) { if (err) throw err; console.log('Results Received'); });

It results an error. I don't know how to define the directory path that will help me overcome this.

Error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/niktoResults/[object Object].txt'

P.S: The result variable has the value [object object] So that is why file name is different. — Danyal Ahmad
– Danyal Ahmad, Commented Jan 23, 2019 at 6:30
Your code in your question does not show any results variable. It appears that you actual code is different than what you show in the question because the code in your question would not create the error that you see. Please show us the ACTUAL code that causes that error. Only then can people help you. — jfriend00
– jfriend00, Commented Jan 23, 2019 at 7:08

Ramanand Sirvi · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-23 06:31:57Z

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You have to understand that you can give either absolute path or relative path. Currently what you can do is

fs.writeFile('./niktoResults/result.txt', 'This is my text', function (err) { if (err) throw err; console.log('Results Received'); });

Here . refers to current directory. Therefore ./niktoResults refers to niktoResults folder in current directory.

edited Jan 23, 2019 at 6:31

answered Jan 23, 2019 at 6:30

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Danyal Ahmad Over a year ago

What is the most recommended way to do this ?

Ramanand Sirvi Over a year ago

Just put the . before /niktoResult and it will work!

Ramanand Sirvi Over a year ago

Its always recommended to use relative paths instead of absolute paths!

Anas Zayene Over a year ago

And you can access to the file : localhost:3002/niktoResults/result.txt . but you had to add app.use('/niktoResults', express.static(process.cwd() + '/niktoResults'))

Programmer89 Over a year ago

├── package-lock.json ├── package.json └── src ├── app-with-argv.js ├── app.js ├── salida │ ├── tabla-4.txt │ ├── tabla-5.txt │ └── tabla-6.txt ├── tablas │ └── tabla-2.txt ├── utils │ └── multiplicar.js └── yargs-config └── optionsYarg.js I have this repo, i want to save files in the "salida" folder but i cant do it writeFilesync("../src/salida/") doesnt work writeFylesync("./salida") doesnt work either The file that call the writeFileSync is "app.js"

elraphty · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-23 10:13:12Z

Do this

const fs = require('fs'); const path = require('path'); let baseDir = path.join(__dirname, '/./niktoResults/'); fs.open(`${baseDir}+result.txt`, 'wx', (err, desc) => { if(!err && desc) { fs.writeFile(desc, 'sample data', (err) => { // Rest of your code if (err) throw err; console.log('Results Received'); }) } })

Ivan Shatsky · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-06 21:43:34Z

This code writes "This is an example text" into result.txt at niktoResults folder:

const fs = require('fs'); const path = require('path'); fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname,"niktoResults","result.txt"), "This is an example text","UTF8")

Striped · Accepted Answer · 2025-02-20 11:32:39Z

if (!req.files || Object.keys(req.files).length === 0) { console.log('No files uploaded'); return { status: "fail", data: "No files uploaded" }; } const uploadedFiles = req.files['files']; const __dirname = path.resolve(); const filesArray = Array.isArray(uploadedFiles) ? uploadedFiles : [uploadedFiles]; const uploadsData = []; for (const file of filesArray) { const currentTimestamp = Date.now(); const uploadPath = path.join(__dirname, '/uploadFile/', `${currentTimestamp}_${file.name}`); await file.mv(uploadPath); const relativeFilePath = `/uploadFile/${currentTimestamp}_${file.name}`; const upload = await prisma.files.create({ data: { userId: parseInt(req.headers.user_id), files: relativeFilePath, }, }); uploadsData.push(upload); }

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