read directory in node js code example

Example 1: how to get file name in directory node js

const fs = require('fs')

const dir = '/Users/flavio/folder'
const files = fs.readdirSync(dir)

for (const file of files) {
  console.log(file)
}

Example 2: node list files in directory

//requiring path and fs modules
const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
//joining path of directory 
const directoryPath = path.join(__dirname, 'Documents');
//passsing directoryPath and callback function
fs.readdir(directoryPath, function (err, files) {
    //handling error
    if (err) {
        return console.log('Unable to scan directory: ' + err);
    } 
    //listing all files using forEach
    files.forEach(function (file) {
        // Do whatever you want to do with the file
        console.log(file); 
    });
});

Example 3: how to get file name in directory node js

const path = require('path')

//...

//inside the `for` loop
const stat = fs.lstatSync(path.join(dir, file))

Example 4: read directory in node js

const testFolder = './tests/';
const fs = require('fs');

fs.readdir(testFolder, (err, files) => {
  files.forEach(file => {
    console.log(file);
  });
});