Check synchronously if file/directory exists in Node.js

Question

How can I synchronously check, using node.js, if a file or directory exists?

Answer 1

fs.exists() is deprecated dont use it https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_exists_path_callback

You could implement the core nodejs way used at this: https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/blob/master/lib/module.js#L86

function statPath(path) {
  try {
    return fs.statSync(path);
  } catch (ex) {}
  return false;
}

this will return the stats object then once you've got the stats object you could try

var exist = statPath('/path/to/your/file.js');
if(exist && exist.isFile()) {
  // do something
}