var fs = require('fs'); var faker = require('faker'); // generate bigDataSet as example var bigSet = []; var mmax = 500000 console.log("this may take some time...") for(var i = 10; i < mmax; i++){ if(i % 1024 == 0) process.stdout.write("\r"+i+" entries ("+Math.round(i * 100.0 /mmax)+" percent)"); bigSet.push(faker.helpers.userCard()); }; console.log() fs.writeFile(__dirname + '/large.json', JSON.stringify(bigSet), function() { console.log("large.json generated successfully!"); })