How to parse JSON using Node.js? [closed]

Answer 1

I use fs-extra. I like it a lot because -although it supports callbacks- it also supports Promises. So it just enables me to write my code in a much more readable way:

const fs = require('fs-extra');
fs.readJson("path/to/foo.json").then(obj => {
    //Do dome stuff with obj
})
.catch(err => {
    console.error(err);
});

It also has many useful methods which do not come along with the standard fs module and, on top of that, it also bridges the methods from the native fs module and promisifies them.

NOTE: You can still use the native Node.js methods. They are promisified and copied over to fs-extra. See notes on fs.read() & fs.write()

So it's basically all advantages. I hope others find this useful.