nodejs readfilesync fs readfile code example
Example 1: readfilesync
const fs = require('fs')
try {
const data = fs.readFileSync('/Users/joe/test.txt', 'utf8')
console.log(data)
} catch (err) {
console.error(err)
}
Example 2: readfile async nodejs
const fs = require('fs');
const util = require('util');
// Convert fs.readFile into Promise version of same
const readFile = util.promisify(fs.readFile);
function getStuff() {
return readFile('test');
}
// Can't use `await` outside of an async function so you need to chain
// with then()
getStuff().then(data => {
console.log(data);
})