Hello to everyone, I’m trying to write data to file using “Write Binary File” operation, but each time I receive the following error: ERROR: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '~/Documents/data/some.json' P.S. Standalone macOS App is used.

Welcome to the community @ShiiRochi [image] Path for storing / writing binary file on n8n cloud [ Write Binary File node ] Questions Hello, I am trying to use Write Binary File node in a workflow hosted on n8n cloud. But I cannot find a suitable path for which I have right to write. I keep getting “ERROR: EACCES: permission denied”. I didn’t find this information in the documentation. I understand this can be set-up in docker compose parameters when you self host your n8n but what about n8n on cloud ? About the workflow : I get a photo as binary from an API and would like to upload it somewhere else with a graphql mutati…

Thanks, but it did not help. I changed File Name to something like /home/.../data/some_data.json, but still got the same error.

It works just fine for me. Are you sure you have the correct path? [image] If you do cd ~ && pwd in the command line you are going to find out.

Oh, my bad, I misunderstood how it works, I thought that ~ has to be correctly processed, but instead I should write /Users/ /.

Hi guys, I’ve got the same issue. @RicardoE105 I’ve tried your solution but it doesn’t work for me. I’ve got that path : /Users//Downloads/test.json And I’ve got this error : ERROR: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/Users//Downloads/data.json’ I’d like to save the json file in my Downloads file. If I well understand, the “Write Binary File” node should work like this? Please not that I’m using the Cloud environment n8n is providing. Could you please help me? Thanks lot :slight_smile:

That is not possible. n8n is not able to write directly to your computer. You can only download it manually via the “Download” button. [Screenshot from 2023-02-26 08-35-35] n8n Desktop is an exception as in this case your computer and the computer n8n is running on are identical.

All right! Thanks a lot for your quick answer Jan.

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