How to get the path to the temporary files directory in Node.js?

March 24, 2021 - 1 min read

To get the path or location to the temporary files directory, you can use the tmpdir() method from the os module in Node.js.

/* Get path of temporary files directory in Node.js */

// import os module
const os = require("os");

// get temp directory
const tempDir = os.tmpdir(); // /tmp
  • The method returns the path to the temporary files directory as a string.

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