Stringify and write JSON to a file atomically

Creates directories for you as needed.

$ npm install write-json-file

const writeJsonFile = require('write-json-file');

(async () => {
	await writeJsonFile('foo.json', {foo: true});
})();

Returns a Promise.

Type: object

Type: string | number
Default: '\t'

Indentation as a string or number of spaces.

Pass in undefined for no formatting.

Type: boolean
Default: false

Detect indentation automatically if the file exists.

Type: boolean | Function
Default: false

Sort the keys recursively.

Optionally pass in a compare function.

Type: Function

Passed into JSON.stringify.

Type: number
Default: 0o666

Mode used when writing the file.

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• load-json-file - Read and parse a JSON file
• make-dir - Make a directory and its parents if needed