[Home](./index.md) > [bitburner](./bitburner.md) > [NS](./bitburner.ns.md) > [tryWritePort](./bitburner.ns.trywriteport.md) ## NS.tryWritePort() method Attempt to write to a port. **Signature:** ```typescript tryWritePort(portNumber: number, data: any): boolean; ``` ## Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
portNumber	number	Port to attempt to write to. Must be a positive integer.
data	any	Data to write, it's cloned with structuredClone().

**Returns:** boolean True if the data is successfully written to the port, and false otherwise. ## Remarks RAM cost: 0 GB Attempts to write data to the specified Netscript port. If the port is full, the data will not be written. Otherwise, the data will be written normally. Ports are shared across all hosts and contents are reset on game restart.