diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2890d97..bedc496 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -183,6 +183,52 @@ async function saveFile(structureId, req, uploadedFile, asset = false) {
   return file;
 }
 
+async function saveData(structureId, req, fileData, asset = false) {
+  const name = fileData.name;
+  let mimetype = fileData.mimetype || "application/octet-stream";
+  let data = fileData.data;
+
+  if (typeof data === "string") {
+    const dataUrl = data.match(/^data:([^;,]+);base64,([\s\S]+)$/);
+    if (dataUrl) {
+      mimetype = fileData.mimetype || dataUrl[1];
+      data = Buffer.from(dataUrl[2].replace(/\s/g, ""), "base64");
+    } else {
+      data = Buffer.from(data.replace(/\s/g, ""), fileData.encoding || "base64");
+    }
+  } else if (data instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
+    data = Buffer.from(data);
+  } else if (ArrayBuffer.isView(data)) {
+    data = Buffer.from(data.buffer, data.byteOffset, data.byteLength);
+  }
+
+  if (!Buffer.isBuffer(data)) {
+    throw new Error("files.saveData requires base64, ArrayBuffer, Uint8Array, or Buffer data");
+  }
+
+  const [mime_type, mime_subtype] = mimetype.split("/");
+  const sid = String(structureId);
+  const uploadPath = path.join(__dirname, "public", sid);
+  const storedPath = path.join(sid, name);
+
+  fs.mkdirSync(uploadPath, { recursive: true });
+  await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(uploadPath, name), data);
+
+  let id = model.createFile(
+    structureId,
+    name,
+    storedPath,
+    mime_type,
+    mime_subtype,
+    asset,
+  );
+
+  let file = model.getFile(id);
+  file.url = prefixUrlWithHost(req, file.path);
+
+  return file;
+}
+
 // A console whose log() mirrors to stdout and to the structure's logs table.
 function makeConsole(structureId, routeId) {
   return {
@@ -238,7 +284,10 @@ function makeLibs(structureId, console, memberUserId) {
     },
     push: push,
     notifications: makeNotifications(structureId, memberUserId),
-    files: { saveFile: (...args) => saveFile(structureId, ...args) },
+    files: {
+      saveFile: (...args) => saveFile(structureId, ...args),
+      saveData: (...args) => saveData(structureId, ...args),
+    },
   };
 }