FileSystemFileEntry: createWriter() method

The FileSystemFileEntry interface’s method createWriter() returns a FileWriter object which can be used to write data into the file represented by the directory entry.

Syntax

createWriter(successCallback)
createWriter(successCallback, errorCallback)

Parameters

• successCallback
  • : A callback function which is called when the FileWriter has been created successfully; the FileWriter is passed into the callback as the only parameter.
• errorCallback Optional
  • : If provided, this must be a method which is called when an error occurs while trying to create the FileWriter. This callback receives as input a DOMException object describing the error.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

This example establishes a method, writeToFileEntry(), which outputs a text string to the file corresponding to the passed-in directory entry.

function writeToFileEntry(entry, text) {
  entry.createWriter(
    (fileWriter) => {
      let data = Blob([text], { type: "text/plain" });

      fileWriter.write(data);
    },
    (error) => {
      /* do whatever to handle the error */
    },
  );
}

The success callback for the createWriter() call takes the text which was passed in and creates a new Blob object of type text/plain that contains the passed text. This blob is then output to the FileWriter object to be written to the file.

Specifications

This feature is not part of any specification anymore. It is no longer on track to become a standard.

Browser compatibility

See also

• File and Directory Entries API