javascript get txt file code example

Example 1: read text in txt file js

const fs = require('fs')

fs.readFile("File.txt", (err, data) => {
	if (err) throw err;
	console.log(data);
})

Example 2: read file javascript

// As with JSON, use the Fetch API & ES6
fetch('something.txt')
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(data => {
  	// Do something with your data
  	console.log(data);
  });

Example 3: javascript read file lines into array vanilla

const fileList = event.target.files;
let fileContent = "";

const fr = new FileReader();
fr.onload = () => {
  fileContent = fr.result;
  console.log('Commands', fileContent);
}

fr.readAsText(fileList[0]);

Example 4: extract string from text file javascript

$(function () {
    $.get('/your_file.txt', function (data) {
       words = data.split('\s');
    });
});