fs read file in node js code example

Example 1: read file node

// load fs
const fs = require("fs");
// read the file
const content = fs.readFileSync("./my_file.txt");
// print it
console.log(content.toString());

Example 2: read file in nodejs using fs

let myFile = "./myText.txt";
const fs = require("fs");
		
app.all('/test', async (req, res) => {
	try {
		const readData = fs.readFileSync(myFile, 'utf8');
		if (readData) {
			res.send(readData)
		}
	} catch (error) {
		res.send("something is wrong", error)
	}
})

Example 3: fs writefile node

const fs = require('fs')

const content = 'Some content!'

fs.writeFile('/Users/joe/test.txt', content, err => {
  if (err) {
    console.error(err)
    return
  }
  //file written successfully
})

Example 4: fs readfile encoding

fs.readFile('/etc/passwd', 'utf8', callback);