Function writeFile

Asynchronously writes data to a file, replacing the file if it already exists.

When file is a filename, asynchronously writes data to the file, replacing the file if it already exists. data can be a string or a buffer.

When file is a file descriptor, the behavior is similar to callingfs.write() directly (which is recommended). See the notes below on using a file descriptor.

The encoding option is ignored if data is a buffer.

The mode option only affects the newly created file. See open for more details.

import { writeFile } from 'fs';
import { Buffer } from 'buffer';

const data = new Uint8Array(Buffer.from('Hello Node.js'));
writeFile('message.txt', data, (err) => {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log('The file has been saved!');
});
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If options is a string, then it specifies the encoding:

import { writeFile } from 'fs';

writeFile('message.txt', 'Hello Node.js', 'utf8', callback);
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It is unsafe to use fs.writeFile() multiple times on the same file without waiting for the callback. For this scenario, createWriteStream is recommended.

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

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

import { writeFile } from 'fs';
import { Buffer } from 'buffer';

const controller = new AbortController();
const { signal } = controller;
const data = new Uint8Array(Buffer.from('Hello Node.js'));
writeFile('message.txt', data, { signal }, (err) => {
  // When a request is aborted - the callback is called with an AbortError
});
// When the request should be aborted
controller.abort();
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Aborting an ongoing request does not abort individual operating system requests but rather the internal buffering fs.writeFile performs.

Since

v0.1.29

Asynchronously writes data to a file, replacing the file if it already exists.