Node.js check if file exists

Question

How do i check the existence of a file?

In the documentation for the module fs there\'s a description of the method fs.exists(path, cal

Answer 1

@Fox: great answer! Here's a bit of an extension with some more options. It's what I've been using lately as a go-to solution:

var fs = require('fs');

fs.lstat( targetPath, function (err, inodeStatus) {
  if (err) {

    // file does not exist-
    if (err.code === 'ENOENT' ) {
      console.log('No file or directory at',targetPath);
      return;
    }

    // miscellaneous error (e.g. permissions)
    console.error(err);
    return;
  }


  // Check if this is a file or directory
  var isDirectory = inodeStatus.isDirectory();


  // Get file size
  //
  // NOTE: this won't work recursively for directories-- see:
  // http://stackoverflow.com/a/7550430/486547
  //
  var sizeInBytes = inodeStatus.size;

  console.log(
    (isDirectory ? 'Folder' : 'File'),
    'at',targetPath,
    'is',sizeInBytes,'bytes.'
  );


}

P.S. check out fs-extra if you aren't already using it-- it's pretty sweet. https://github.com/jprichardson/node-fs-extra)