read file in js 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)
	}
})