Nodejs: [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance-CodePudding

i am trying to run this code but it gives me [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView. Received an instance of Array.

it runs fine on node.js 12.3.1 but gives this error when trying to run on node.js above v14

i don't know JavaScript Please help

this is the error logs ↓↓↓

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node:internal/fs/utils:890
"  throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
  ^

�TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView. Received an instance of Array
)    at Object.writeFile (node:fs:2168:5)
6    at Timeout._onTimeout (/home/node/index.js:92:16)
3    at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:564:17)
<    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:507:7) {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
}

Node.js v18.7.0

This is the code where from i getting this error ↓↓↓↓↓↓

        // When discord restarts, read from the files
        let timeListBackup = fs.readFileSync('timeListBackup.txt').toString().split(",");
        for(i in timeListBackup) {
            timeList[i] = timeListBackup[i];
        }
        let firstOfflineBackup = fs.readFileSync('firstOfflineBackup.txt').toString().split(",");
        for(i in firstOfflineBackup) {
            firstOffline[i] = firstOfflineBackup[i];
        }

        
            // Backup the values to a text file
            fs.writeFile("timeListBackup.txt", timeList, (err) => {}); 
            fs.writeFile("firstOfflineBackup.txt", firstOffline, (err) => {}); 
        }, 1000);
    });
});

CodePudding user response：

As the error says, you are passing arrays (timeList and firstOffline) into writeFile instead of strings, buffers or the like. Perhaps you forgot to JSON.stringify or join them.

In fact, looking at how you read the file (with .split(',')), it seems you want to use join(',') on them:

fs.writeFile("timeListBackup.txt", timeList.join(','), (err) => {});
fs.writeFile("firstOfflineBackup.txt", firstOffline.join(','), (err) => {});