Write to a file from gnome extension

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In order to write to a file from the gnome extension, I use replace_contents_bytes_async, as in the example here File Operations | GNOME JavaScript

extension.js:

import { Extension } from 'resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensions/extension.js';
import GLib from 'gi://GLib';
import Gio from 'gi://Gio';

export default class ExampleExtension extends Extension {
async enable() {      
    const file = Gio.File.new_for_path('/tmp/test-file.txt');
    const bytes = new GLib.Bytes('some file contents');

    const [etag] = await file.replace_contents_bytes_async(bytes, null, false,
        Gio.FileCreateFlags.REPLACE_DESTINATION, null);
}

disable() {
}
}

But this code gives an error:

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Judging by the documentation, replace_contents_bytes_async should also accept a callback Gio.File.replace_contents_bytes_async :

    const [etag] = await file.replace_contents_bytes_async(bytes, null, false,
        Gio.FileCreateFlags.REPLACE_DESTINATION, null, function(source_object, res, data){});

But this code also gives an error:
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What shell version are you targetting?

You may need to use Gio._promisify(Gio.File.prototype, 'replace_contents_bytes_async'); first in order to use it as an async function.

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The version is GNOME Shell 46.0

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I changed to

    Gio._promisify(Gio.File.prototype, 'replace_contents_bytes_async');
    const [etag] = await file.replace_contents_bytes_async(bytes, null, false,
        Gio.FileCreateFlags.REPLACE_DESTINATION, null);

New error:
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@marcotrevi

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Gio._promisify(Gio.File.prototype, ‘replace_contents_bytes_async’);

Use

Gio._promisify(Gio.File.prototype,
    'replace_contents_bytes_async', 'replace_contents_finish');

In this particular case, the name of the “finish” function is too different to be determined automatically, so you have to specify it explicitly.

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