How to save directly to a folder a CSV file using NodeJs?

Question

How to save a CSV file directly to a folder destination?

Currently my code prompts the save window in the browser, I DO NOT want that.

I want NodeJS to save the CSV directly to a folder destination

How can I do that?

var fs = require('fs');
var express = require('express');
csv = require('express-csv');
var request = require('request');
var cheerio = require('cheerio');
var async = require('async');
var app     = express();

app.get('/scraper', function(req, res){
    var offset = req.query.offset || 0;
    var limit = req.query.limit || 50;

    if(gCounter === 0){
        getStreamerInfo(offset, limit, function(response){
            console.log("FILE READY!");
            res.csv(response); // this export to browser but I want to save directly to a folder
        });
    }

});

i think you can not do that because it depends on the client's browser. to do that client must uncheck the option ask where to save each file before downloading. Please check: howtogeek.com/231002/… — Vunb
– Vunb, Commented Jul 30, 2016 at 8:25

lito · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-01 16:08:05Z

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Jus in case someone is looking for the same answer, this is what I did:

            var fs = require('fs');
            var jsonexport = require('jsonexport');
            jsonexport(response,function(err, csv){
                fs.writeFile("C:/outcome/c.csv", csv, function(err) {
                    if(err) {}
                });
            });
            //res.csv(response);

answered Aug 1, 2016 at 16:08

lito

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