node js fs module code example

Example 1: node open file

const fs = require("fs");

// __dirname means relative to script. Use "./data.txt" if you want it relative to execution path.
fs.readFile(__dirname + "/data.txt", (error, data) => {
    if(error) {
        throw error;
    }
    console.log(data.toString());
});

Example 2: nodejs readfile

const fs = require('fs');

fs.readFile('/Users/joe/test.txt', 'utf8' , (err, data) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error(err);
    return
  }
  console.log(data);
});

Example 3: fs.writefile

const fs = require('fs');

fs.writeFile("/tmp/test", "Hey there!", function(err) {
    if(err) {
        return console.log(err);
    }
    console.log("The file was saved!");
}); 

// Or
fs.writeFileSync('/tmp/test-sync', 'Hey there!');

Example 4: fs writefile node

const fs = require('fs')

const content = 'Some content!'

fs.writeFile('/Users/joe/test.txt', content, err => {
  if (err) {
    console.error(err)
    return
  }
  //file written successfully
})

Example 5: writeFileSync

var fs = require('fs');

// Save the string "Hello world!" in a file called "hello.txt" in
// the directory "/tmp" using the default encoding (utf8).
// This operation will be completed in background and the callback
// will be called when it is either done or failed.
fs.writeFile('/tmp/hello.txt', 'Hello world!', function(err) {
  // If an error occurred, show it and return
  if(err) return console.error(err);
  // Successfully wrote to the file!
});

// Save binary data to a file called "binary.txt" in the current
// directory. Again, the operation will be completed in background.
var buffer = new Buffer([ 0x48, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f ]);
fs.writeFile('binary.txt', buffer, function(err) {
  // If an error occurred, show it and return
  if(err) return console.error(err);
  // Successfully wrote binary contents to the file!
});

Example 6: fs readfile encoding

fs.readFile('/etc/passwd', 'utf8', callback);