How to append to a file in Node?

Question

Hello there,

I am trying to append a string to a log file. However writeFile will erase the content each time before writing the string.

fs.writeFile('log.txt', 'Hello Node', function (err) {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log('It\'s saved!');
}); // => message.txt erased, contains only 'Hello Node'

Any idea how to do this the easy way?

ANSWER: found it myself

var log = fs.createWriteStream('log.txt', {'flags': 'a'});
// use {'flags': 'a'} to append and {'flags': 'w'} to erase and write a new file
log.write("this is a message);

Daniel

Answer 1

You need to open it, then write to it.

var fs = require('fs'), str = 'string to append to file';
fs.open('filepath', 'a', 666, function( e, id ) {
  fs.write( id, 'string to append to file', null, 'utf8', function(){
    fs.close(id, function(){
      console.log('file closed');
    });
  });
});

Here's a few links that will help explain the parameters

open
write
close