Cannot write binary to file

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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.

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Welcome to the community @ShiiRochi

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

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It works just fine for me. Are you sure you have the correct path?

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If you do cd ~ && pwd in the command line you are going to find out.

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

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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:

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That is not possible. n8n is not able to write directly to your computer. You can only download it manually via the “Download” button.

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n8n Desktop is an exception as in this case your computer and the computer n8n is running on are identical.

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