How to create a file only if it doesn’t exist in Node.js?

To create a file only if it doesn’t exist in Node.js, we call the readFile and writeFile methods.

For instance, we write

import * as fs from "fs";

const upsertFile = async (name) => {
  try {
    await fs.promises.readFile(name);
  } catch (error) {
    await fs.promises.writeFile(name, "");
  }
};

to define the upsertFile function.

In it, we call readFile with the file name path to check if the file exists.

If it doesn’t exist, an error is thrown and the catch block is run.

In the catch block, we call writeFile to write the at the name path.