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mmryspace
mmryspace

Reputation: 699

How do I add to an existing json file in node.js

I am new to Node.js and JavaScript. I have a results.json file that I want to keep a running log of results from a script that pulls images from the web. However, my current script only overwrites the existing result. How do I build upon or add to the results.json so each subsequent result is logged in the results.json file? I would like it to be valid json.

Here is general example:

var currentSearchResult = someWebSearchResult
var fs = require('fs');
var json = JSON.stringify(['search result: ' + currentSearchResult + ': ', null, "\t");
fs.writeFile("results.json", json);

And the results.json:

[
    "search result: currentSearchResult"
]

Upvotes: 33

Views: 95257

Answers (3)

SridharKritha
SridharKritha

Reputation: 9611

Promise based solution [Javascript (ES6) + Node.js (V10 or above)]

const fsPromises = require('fs').promises;
fsPromises.readFile('myFile.json', 'utf8') 
        .then(data => { 
                let json = JSON.parse(data);
                json.myArr.push({name: "Krishnan", salary: 5678});

                fsPromises.writeFile('myFile.json', JSON.stringify(json))
                        .then(  () => { console.log('Append Success'); })
                        .catch(err => { console.log("Append Failed: " + err);});
            })
        .catch(err => { console.log("Read Error: " +err);});

If your project supports Javascript ES8 then you could use asyn/await instead of native promise.

Upvotes: 1

Daniel Diekmeier
Daniel Diekmeier

Reputation: 3434

If you want the file to be valid JSON, you have to open your file, parse the JSON, append your new result to the array, transform it back into a string and save it again.

var fs = require('fs')

var currentSearchResult = 'example'

fs.readFile('results.json', function (err, data) {
    var json = JSON.parse(data)
    json.push('search result: ' + currentSearchResult)

    fs.writeFile("results.json", JSON.stringify(json))
})

Upvotes: 44

user6068334
user6068334

Reputation:

In general, If you want to append to file you should use: 

fs.appendFile("results.json", json , function (err) {
   if (err) throw err;
   console.log('The "data to append" was appended to file!');
});

Append file creates file if does not exist.

But ,if you want to append JSON data first you read the data and after that you could overwrite that data.

fs.readFile('results.json', function (err, data) {
    var json = JSON.parse(data);
    json.push('search result: ' + currentSearchResult);    
    fs.writeFile("results.json", JSON.stringify(json), function(err){
      if (err) throw err;
      console.log('The "data to append" was appended to file!');
    });
})

Upvotes: 15

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