How do I add to an existing json file in node.js

Question

I am new to Node.js and JavaScript. I have a results.json file that I want to keep a running log of results from a script that pulls images from the web. Howeve

Answer 1

If you want the file to be valid JSON, you have to open your file, parse the JSON, append your new result to the array, transform it back into a string and save it again.

var fs = require('fs')

var currentSearchResult = 'example'

fs.readFile('results.json', function (err, data) {
    var json = JSON.parse(data)
    json.push('search result: ' + currentSearchResult)

    fs.writeFile("results.json", JSON.stringify(json))
})