How to access local files with `fs.readFileSync`?

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I tried to ask Tonic to access my local files using fs.readFileSync, but error message says there is no such folder or file.

The example can be found here

Thanks

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Hi strategy explorer,

By “local” files, do you mean a file on your computer?

Thanks,

Francisco

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yes, I mean local tsv files on my computer. Thanks

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One thing you can do is just place them in their own notebook, in a template string. Then you can require it in another notebook.

So, for example, notebook the first: https://tonicdev.com/tolmasky/file-possible
Then, in another notebook: https://tonicdev.com/tolmasky/file-read

Hope this lets you do it,

Francisco

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Those links in your reply just go to a 404 page now…

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Really sorry – should be up now.

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Hello Tonic team,

First of all just want to say I’m very impressed by your product, the technical challenges you guys face must be huge :slight_smile:

Going on the topic of filesystem, is there a virtual filesystem attached to every notebook, which would enable users to persist data tied to that specific notebook? That doesn’t seem to be the case today, see this Tonic example: https://tonicdev.com/louischatriot/57cd3c111acb531400b62a2a - on a standard machine, every time the script is run the counter is incremented, on Tonic a new object is created every time.

Tangential point: you showed how to read a notebook from another notebook, but is there a way to write a notebook from another notebook (very meta!).

Cheers,
Louis

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I agree with you, @louischatriot, but I can understand that implementing a virtual filesystem attached to every notebook is complex.

Maybe a solution is to use a service like Firebase?

What do you think? I didn’t take the time to try Firebase.