Writing and Reading Files Using NodeJS in NextJS App Router

janac
3 min readFeb 10, 2024

JavaScript is used on the frontend and backend.

Does the guy’s right hand only have 4 fingers? Source — Bing Image Creator

Frontend: Read files, no writing.

On the frontend, we can read files when the user uploads them, but we can’t write files programmatically — a user would have to initiate a download to write files from a website to their computer. This makes sense from a security stand…

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janac

Most of my writing is about software. I enjoy summarizing and analyzing books and self-help videos. I am senior software consultant at LazerTechnologies.com.