# Nbrower node : Saveas doesn't work?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283
**Category:** General
**Created:** [26 January 2022 19:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283 "2022-01-26T19:24:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Lafayette](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Lafayette)
#### Post date: [26 January 2022 19:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/1 "2022-01-26T19:24:55Z")
Hi i use this flow to save a web page into a pdf file :
```auto
[
{
"id": "129d963431e3975c",
"type": "tab",
"label": "Flow 1",
"disabled": false,
"info": "",
"env": []
},
{
"id": "a1c3b5dc9d7fc22e",
"type": "nbrowser",
"z": "129d963431e3975c",
"name": "test",
"methods": [
{
"name": "gotoURL",
"func": "goto",
"params": [
{
"type": "msg",
"value": "payload",
"typeDefault": "str"
}
]
},
{
"name": "saveAs",
"func": "saveAs",
"params": [
{
"type": "saveAction",
"value": "pdf",
"typeDefault": "saveAction"
},
{
"type": "str",
"value": "/data/pdf/test.pdf",
"typeDefault": "str"
}
]
}
],
"prop": "nbrowser",
"propout": "payload",
"object": "msg",
"objectout": "msg",
"close": false,
"show": true,
"ssl": true,
"outputs": 1,
"x": 410,
"y": 100,
"wires": [
[]
]
},
{
"id": "27100f4dbdee757d",
"type": "inject",
"z": "129d963431e3975c",
"name": "https://flows.nodered.org/",
"props": [
{
"p": "payload"
}
],
"repeat": "",
"crontab": "",
"once": false,
"onceDelay": 0.1,
"topic": "",
"payload": "https://flows.nodered.org/",
"payloadType": "str",
"x": 170,
"y": 100,
"wires": [
[
"a1c3b5dc9d7fc22e"
]
]
}
]
```
But the file is not created. I forgot something ?
An idea ?
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [26 January 2022 21:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/2 "2022-01-26T21:18:58Z")
Hi, in order to make code more readable and importable it is important to surround your code with three backticks
````auto
```
like this
```
````
You can edit and correct your post by clicking the pencil icon.
See this post for more details - [How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506)
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### Author:  [@Lafayette](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Lafayette)
#### Post date: [26 January 2022 21:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/3 "2022-01-26T21:35:18Z")
Done thx !
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [26 January 2022 21:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/4 "2022-01-26T21:49:19Z")
> [@Lafayette](#):
>
> Hi i use this flow to save a web page into a pdf file
> [@Lafayette](#):
>
> But the file is not created. I forgot something ?
Well since your flow is only 2 nodes an inject and an nBrowser node - you are not doing anything with the result so you wont save anything.
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### Author:  [@Lafayette](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Lafayette)
#### Post date: [26 January 2022 23:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/5 "2022-01-26T23:16:37Z")
> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
>
> Well since your flow is only 2 nodes an inject and an nBrowser node - you are not doing anything with the result so you wont save anything.
I'm surprised because i thought that nbrowser was supposed to do the job :
My debug node show me nothing and the debug window remains empty after the injection.
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [26 January 2022 23:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/6 "2022-01-26T23:28:29Z")
My apologies, I have not used that node - I wrongly assumed it would output something from the output pin - for you to save.
Does it work if you select other save as type?
Does the path `/data/pdf/` exist & can you access it (is this a docker node-red? and if so, do you know how to access `/data/pdf/` to check if the file is written?)
Are there any errors in node-red terminal / log?
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### Author:  [@Lafayette](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Lafayette)
#### Post date: [26 January 2022 23:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/7 "2022-01-26T23:30:44Z")
Yes the path exist, i have all rights (RW) and i can access to this folder, node red (the docker) too. I have no error message. It's strange.
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### Author:  [@Lafayette](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Lafayette)
#### Post date: [27 January 2022 15:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/8 "2022-01-27T15:32:01Z")
I found an error in the.npm/logs folder :
27 Jan 15:33:41 - [red] Uncaught Exception:
27 Jan 15:33:41 - [error] Error: spawn /data/node\_modules/electron/dist/electron ENOENT
at Process.ChildProcess.\_handle.onexit (internal/child\_process.js:274:19)
at onErrorNT (internal/child\_process.js:469:16)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task\_queues.js:82:21)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! node-red-docker@2.1.6 start: `node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js $FLOWS "--userDir" "/data"`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the node-red-docker@2.1.6 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /data/.npm/\_logs/2022-01-27T15\_33\_41\_042Z-debug.log
> node-red-docker@2.1.6 start /usr/src/node-red
> node $NODE\_OPTIONS node\_modules/node-red/red.js $FLOWS "--userDir" "/data"
But i don't understand the problem.
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [27 January 2022 15:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/9 "2022-01-27T15:46:13Z")
how have you installed node-red?
Is node-red installed in docker or directly?
What hardware and OS is this running on?
Are you running an electron version of node-red?
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### Author:  [@Lafayette](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Lafayette)
#### Post date: [27 January 2022 16:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/10 "2022-01-27T16:00:58Z")
Hi,
It's a docker with a data folder with all rights (RW)
I use Portainer in my Qnap NAS to install the docker but I access to node red with a mac
I guess I don't run an electron version (how can i know that ? )
Thx
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [27 January 2022 16:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/11 "2022-01-27T16:25:18Z")
> [@Lafayette](#):
>
> I guess I don't run an electron version (how can i know that ? )
I only asked as i seen this...
> [@Lafayette](#):
>
> [error] Error: spawn /data/node\_modules/electron/dist/electron ENOENT
> at Process.ChildProcess.\_handle.onexit (internal/child\_process.js:274:19)
> at onErrorNT (internal/child\_process.js:469:16)
* * *
Do you have a standard installation of node-red (like on your MAC or a raspberry pi) that you can try this - to rule out the usual docker issues?
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### Author:  [@Lafayette](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Lafayette)
#### Post date: [27 January 2022 20:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/12 "2022-01-27T20:44:42Z")
I think i'm going to try to find another node to do the job. I don't know if it exists.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [28 March 2022 20:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nbrower-node-saveas-doesnt-work/57283/13 "2022-03-28T20:45:17Z")
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