Can't set where my JSON file gets written to.

Apr 23 2019 | 2:27 pm

Hi Max community,

I want to specify the directory where my json gets saved to, but it keeps saving the file in the application directory. I want it to save it in a folder below where the patch is saved. Below is the code I'm currently using. Can anyone help

f = new File("DrumClipData.json", "write", "TEXT");

	if (f.isopen) {
		post("writing string to file: " + f.filename + "in: " + f.foldername + "\n");
		f.writestring(JSON.stringify({data: retClips})); //writes a string
		f.close();
	} 
	else {
		post("could not create file: " + f.filename + "in: " + f.foldername + "\n");
	}

daveronan
Apr 23 2019 | 3:00 pm
Also, I'd like to add I've tried putting a path before the filename and that doesn't seem to work.
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daveronan
Apr 23 2019 | 3:27 pm
Figured it out. Needed to pass the path correctly using the outlet of the thispatcher object.
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Jay Walker

Apr 24 2019 | 12:43 am

Just in case someone else is looking for something a bit more basic, you can just reference the full path as a variable.

var memstr;
var mem = new Object();
var UI = new Object();
var p = "/Users/username/Folder Number 1/writeToJson.json";

function write(){
    read();
	anything(trackNumber, currentClip, arrayOfParamValues.join(' '));
	var jase = JSON.stringify(UI,null,'\t');
	var path = p;
	var fout = new File(path,"write","TEXT");
	if (fout.isopen) {
			fout.writeline(jase);
			fout.close();
			post("\nJSON Write",path);
		} else {
			post("\ncould not create json file: " + path);
		}
}