# Write file to Dashboard User Computer
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-file-to-dashboard-user-computer/52927
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [29 October 2021 06:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-file-to-dashboard-user-computer/52927 "2021-10-29T06:28:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Chorum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Chorum)
#### Post date: [29 October 2021 06:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-file-to-dashboard-user-computer/52927/1 "2021-10-29T06:28:21Z")
Hello,
i need to make a backup file but dont have any folder access with Node Red.
So i searched for a solution and came up with the idea to manually download the backup file and upload the backupfile per Dashboard.
I can create the \*.txt if i use a string like = "this is my content", but i cannot manage to use the payload or a global variabel. in an other usecase its a simple {{whatever}}, but its not working here.
thats the part of the flow:
```auto
[{"id":"57c11bc0.c5e24c","type":"http in","z":"a4defdc6.648b4","name":"","url":"/writetest","method":"get","upload":false,"swaggerDoc":"","x":370,"y":880,"wires":[["2bf12a6.07ffe56"]]},{"id":"7e699966.fe154","type":"http response","z":"a4defdc6.648b4","name":"","statusCode":"","headers":{},"x":1010,"y":880,"wires":[]},{"id":"2bf12a6.07ffe56","type":"change","z":"a4defdc6.648b4","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"writetestpaket","tot":"global"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":570,"y":880,"wires":[["48431356.bd85fc","8fdb2dd6.a7a508"]]},{"id":"48431356.bd85fc","type":"template","z":"a4defdc6.648b4","name":"","field":"payload","fieldType":"msg","format":"handlebars","syntax":"mustache","template":"\n\n \n \n Lieferschein-1\n\n\n \nDownload\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n","output":"str","x":840,"y":880,"wires":[["7e699966.fe154"]]},{"id":"1a92b9c4.f1de36","type":"ui_button","z":"a4defdc6.648b4","name":"","group":"4d0d29e8.0dce38","order":0,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":false,"label":"button","tooltip":"","color":"","bgcolor":"","icon":"","payload":"","payloadType":"str","topic":"","x":350,"y":840,"wires":[["4d05080a.cc587"]]},{"id":"a69b16e4.fdcb5","type":"ui_template","z":"a4defdc6.648b4","group":"4d0d29e8.0dce38","name":"","order":0,"width":"6","height":"6","format":"","storeOutMessages":true,"fwdInMessages":true,"resendOnRefresh":false,"templateScope":"local","x":840,"y":840,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"4d05080a.cc587","type":"template","z":"a4defdc6.648b4","name":"","field":"payload","fieldType":"msg","format":"handlebars","syntax":"mustache","template":"","x":540,"y":840,"wires":[["a69b16e4.fdcb5"]]},{"id":"1ac5ce2c.511742","type":"comment","z":"a4defdc6.648b4","name":"Datei erzeugen und download","info":"","x":420,"y":800,"wires":[]},{"id":"8fdb2dd6.a7a508","type":"debug","z":"a4defdc6.648b4","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":830,"y":920,"wires":[]},{"id":"4d0d29e8.0dce38","type":"ui_group","name":"Group 1","tab":"17c3cafa.c3d2cd","order":1,"disp":true,"width":6},{"id":"17c3cafa.c3d2cd","type":"ui_tab","z":"","name":"Dateiverwaltung","icon":"dashboard","order":24,"disabled":false,"hidden":false}]
```
the interesting part is in the second template node :
```auto
link.href = makeTextFile(data);
```
i would like to have a payload or a global variable on the "data" position.
I hope somebody can help me with that, i am not good with html..
Dearly
Chorum
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [29 October 2021 10:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-file-to-dashboard-user-computer/52927/2 "2021-10-29T10:39:03Z")
This flow might help..
[https://flows.nodered.org/flow/db68bd4934cf46f39e6e453a348bc419](https://flows.nodered.org/flow/db68bd4934cf46f39e6e453a348bc419)
* * *
PS: the template node should NOT have
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### Author:  [@Chorum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Chorum)
#### Post date: [29 October 2021 11:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-file-to-dashboard-user-computer/52927/3 "2021-10-29T11:26:58Z")
Thank You!
Seems to be a better solution, for bringing a file to the dashboard user.
But i think i cant save files to the node red server, but thats not a problem.
I will work through that and response after that node red is running again.
i dont get "PS: the template node should NOT have" ? 🙂
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [29 October 2021 12:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-file-to-dashboard-user-computer/52927/4 "2021-10-29T12:31:59Z")
> [@Chorum](#):
>
> i think i cant save files to the node red server,
Why can you not save files, or are you using a cloud service that does not have disc storage you can write to
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### Author:  [@Chorum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Chorum)
#### Post date: [29 October 2021 12:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-file-to-dashboard-user-computer/52927/5 "2021-10-29T12:37:32Z")
the node red server is set up to not having a folder or drive to write to (not my decision)
so i try to bring the file to the dashboard user (intern network) as a backup, to load in if globals are gone.
I dont know why but the set of varibales vanish after a short time. the user talked about "some hours".
i stored them in globals.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [29 October 2021 12:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-file-to-dashboard-user-computer/52927/6 "2021-10-29T12:47:29Z")
> [@Chorum](#):
>
> I dont know why but the set of varibales vanish after a short time
Possibly node-red restarted.
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### Author:  [@Chorum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Chorum)
#### Post date: [29 October 2021 12:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-file-to-dashboard-user-computer/52927/7 "2021-10-29T12:58:47Z")
ok, i asked the administration about that.
meanwhile i try to bring that backup to live..
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### Author:  [@Chorum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Chorum)
#### Post date: [29 October 2021 13:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-file-to-dashboard-user-computer/52927/8 "2021-10-29T13:39:13Z")
is there no way to get a node red variable/value to an html endpoint ?
thats the mustache from the template node:
```auto
Title
{{name}}
Download
```
all i need is my values in that line:
```auto
link.href = makeTextFile(MyNodeRedValue);
```
May be someone has an idea..
monday i will try to use Steve-Mcl's idea in some way..
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [28 November 2021 13:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-file-to-dashboard-user-computer/52927/9 "2021-11-28T13:40:12Z")
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