I want to create a config file before specific actions. So this means I created a config file in my folder, at first containing nothing.
Then I run following code:
db.getData(function(err,data) { //it's an dynamodb don't know if this matter
var entry = {
dataItems: data.Items[0].items,
timestamp: data.LastEvaluatedKey.timestamp.N
};
try {
fs.writeFile("./config", JSON.stringify(entry), function (err) {
if(err) {
throw new Error(err);
}
callback(); //want to know when file is filled with data
});
} catch (err) {
throw err;
}
});
The file has content now. But I don't want to clear the file every time before this function get executed, it should be overwritten. If I run this code again I get an error message:
function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { {"data":{"S":"[{\
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token :
So the object is the response from my db which the code wrote in the file before. I cleared to file to test if this is a problem from the attempt to overwrite and run the code again and everything was fine again.
I was making researches what could be my problem, but the only thing I found was posts from people try to avoiding overwrite their files, so I guess I make a mistake by writing this file cause overwriting seems to be standard and not a special task to do. And this website shows how to use fs.writeFile and I can't see a difference to mine:
I've mocked the db.getData function to return valid data and it is working.
var fs = require('fs');
var db = {
getData: function(callback) {
var data = {"Items": [{"items": "entry"}], "LastEvaluatedKey": {"timestamp": {"N": 12323234}}};
callback(null, data);
}
}
var callback = () => console.log("It worked");
db.getData(function(err,data) { //it's an dynamodb don't know if this matter
var entry = {
dataItems: data.Items[0].items,
timestamp: data.LastEvaluatedKey.timestamp.N
};
try {
fs.writeFile("./config", JSON.stringify(entry), function (err) {
if(err) {
throw new Error(err);
}
callback(); //want to know when file is filled with data
});
} catch (err) {
throw err;
}
});
It seems that maybe your data can't be serialized correct? That would also explain what the interpreter is complaining about with Unexpected token :