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ResourceSaver
=============

**Inherits:** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

Singleton for saving Godot-specific resource types.

Description
-----------

Singleton for saving Godot-specific resource types to the filesystem.

It uses the many :ref:`ResourceFormatSaver<class_ResourceFormatSaver>` classes registered in the engine (either built-in or from a plugin) to save engine-specific resource data to text-based (e.g. ``.tres`` or ``.tscn``) or binary files (e.g. ``.res`` or ``.scn``).

Methods
-------

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| :ref:`PoolStringArray<class_PoolStringArray>` | :ref:`get_recognized_extensions<class_ResourceSaver_method_get_recognized_extensions>` **(** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` type **)**                                                       |
+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>`         | :ref:`save<class_ResourceSaver_method_save>` **(** :ref:`String<class_String>` path, :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` resource, :ref:`SaverFlags<enum_ResourceSaver_SaverFlags>` flags=0 **)** |
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Enumerations
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.. _enum_ResourceSaver_SaverFlags:

.. _class_ResourceSaver_constant_FLAG_RELATIVE_PATHS:

.. _class_ResourceSaver_constant_FLAG_BUNDLE_RESOURCES:

.. _class_ResourceSaver_constant_FLAG_CHANGE_PATH:

.. _class_ResourceSaver_constant_FLAG_OMIT_EDITOR_PROPERTIES:

.. _class_ResourceSaver_constant_FLAG_SAVE_BIG_ENDIAN:

.. _class_ResourceSaver_constant_FLAG_COMPRESS:

.. _class_ResourceSaver_constant_FLAG_REPLACE_SUBRESOURCE_PATHS:

enum **SaverFlags**:

- **FLAG_RELATIVE_PATHS** = **1** --- Save the resource with a path relative to the scene which uses it.

- **FLAG_BUNDLE_RESOURCES** = **2** --- Bundles external resources.

- **FLAG_CHANGE_PATH** = **4** --- Changes the :ref:`Resource.resource_path<class_Resource_property_resource_path>` of the saved resource to match its new location.

- **FLAG_OMIT_EDITOR_PROPERTIES** = **8** --- Do not save editor-specific metadata (identified by their ``__editor`` prefix).

- **FLAG_SAVE_BIG_ENDIAN** = **16** --- Save as big endian (see :ref:`File.endian_swap<class_File_property_endian_swap>`).

- **FLAG_COMPRESS** = **32** --- Compress the resource on save using :ref:`File.COMPRESSION_ZSTD<class_File_constant_COMPRESSION_ZSTD>`. Only available for binary resource types.

- **FLAG_REPLACE_SUBRESOURCE_PATHS** = **64** --- Take over the paths of the saved subresources (see :ref:`Resource.take_over_path<class_Resource_method_take_over_path>`).

Method Descriptions
-------------------

.. _class_ResourceSaver_method_get_recognized_extensions:

- :ref:`PoolStringArray<class_PoolStringArray>` **get_recognized_extensions** **(** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` type **)**

Returns the list of extensions available for saving a resource of a given type.

----

.. _class_ResourceSaver_method_save:

- :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` **save** **(** :ref:`String<class_String>` path, :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` resource, :ref:`SaverFlags<enum_ResourceSaver_SaverFlags>` flags=0 **)**

Saves a resource to disk to the given path, using a :ref:`ResourceFormatSaver<class_ResourceFormatSaver>` that recognizes the resource object.

The ``flags`` bitmask can be specified to customize the save behavior.

Returns :ref:`@GlobalScope.OK<class_@GlobalScope_constant_OK>` on success.

.. |virtual| replace:: :abbr:`virtual (This method should typically be overridden by the user to have any effect.)`
.. |const| replace:: :abbr:`const (This method has no side effects. It doesn't modify any of the instance's member variables.)`
.. |vararg| replace:: :abbr:`vararg (This method accepts any number of arguments after the ones described here.)`