Create a file in public folder of an Express.js App

express, javascript, node.js

Solution

My guess would be that your directory structure looks like this:

app.js
public/
       static_html/
routes/
       index.js

And that your `exports.index` exists in `routes/index.js` (perhaps it's named differently, but I'm just guessing here).

Since `__dirname` is relative to the module, it will be `./routes` in that file. So you need to go back one level to be able to access `public/`:

fs.openSync(__dirname + "/../public/static_html/index.html", 'w')

Problem

I have been trying to create a simple html file in the public folder of my Express.js app, but can't get the path right. Can anybody help me out? Here is the part of my app.js where I configure my static folder: ``` app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'))); ``` and here's the code I'm using to try to create the index.html file in the public folder: ``` exports.index = function(req, res){ var fs = require('fs'); fs.openSync(__dirname + "/public/static_html/index.html", 'w') }; ``` However, node.js throw an error: 500 Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\nodejs\node_modules.bin\myapp\routes\public\static_html\index.html' Why is it pointing to the to the public folder inside "routes"? I would like the path to be: 'C:\nodejs\node_modules.bin\myapp\public\static_html\index.html' Can anybody help please?

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