node.js append to file code example

Example 1: How to append to a file in Node?

// Asynchronously:
const fs = require('fs');

fs.appendFile('message.txt', 'data to append', function (err) {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log('Saved!');
});

// Synchronously:
const fs = require('fs');

fs.appendFileSync('message.txt', 'data to append');

Example 2: javascript fs read

fs.readFile('/etc/passwd', (err, data) => {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log(data);
});