The fs
module in Node.js provides file system-related functionality for reading from and writing to files.
Read File (fs.readFile
):
• fs.readFile("file.txt", "utf8", (err, data) => { ... })
Reads file.txt asynchronously.
• file.txt
: File path to read.
• utf8
: Encoding format for file content (optional).
• (err, data) => { ... }
: Callback for error handling and receiving file content.
Write File (fs.writeFile
):
• fs.writeFile("file.txt", "Hello Node!", (err) => { ... })
: Writes “Hello Node!” to file.txt.
• file.txt
: File path to write or create.
• "Hello Node!"
: Data to write.
• (err) => { ... }
: Callback for error handling after write operation.