directory is not creating

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Am trying to create a directory with subfolders in my application. The new request will create folders only if the parent folder is already there but not creating if root folder is not there.

import { mkdir } from 'fs';

  mkdir(join(__dirname, '../folder_to_create_directory/', req.body.path), (err) => {
        if (err) {
            return "error";
        }
        return "success"
    });

The req.body.path is a path string eg: test/folder/subfolder. The code will work only if we create the "test" folder manually (it is not returning "success" message too even though the directory is being created). IF the test folder is not there then the directory is not creating.

expected output:-

folder_to_create_directory/test/folder/subfolder

typescript node.js javascript
2 Answers

You can use fs library to work with a file system.

For nested dirs:

var fs = require('fs');
var dir = join(__dirname, '../folder_to_create_directory/', req.body.path);

if (!fs.existsSync(dir)){
    fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
}

Or, for individual dirs:

var fs = require('fs');
var dir = join(__dirname, '../folder_to_create_directory/', req.body.path);

if (!fs.existsSync(dir)){
    fs.mkdirSync(dir);
}
user_167854850

you are missing an option "{recursive: true}". Try this example:

const { mkdir } = require("fs");
const {join} = require('path')

const path = join(__dirname, "../folder_to_create_directory", 'test/folder/subfolder')

mkdir(path, { recursive: true }, (err) => {
  if (err) {
    return "error";
  }
  return "success";
});
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