js read from file 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 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: how to load localt ext file in js

const fileUrl = '' // provide file location

fetch(fileUrl)
   .then( r => r.text() )
   .then( t => console.log(t) )

Example 4: how to read a file in javascript

fetch('file.txt')
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(text => console.log(text))
  // outputs the content of the text file

Example 5: nodejs open file

fs = require('fs')
fs.readFile('/etc/hosts', 'utf8', function (err,data) {
  if (err) {
    return console.log(err);
  }
  console.log(data);
});