Get data from fs.readFile

Question

var content;
fs.readFile(\'./Index.html\', function read(err, data) {
    if (err) {
        throw err;
    }
    content = data;
});
console.log(content);
         


        

Answer 1

Using Promises with ES7

Asynchronous use with mz/fs

The mz module provides promisified versions of the core node library. Using them is simple. First install the library...

npm install mz

Then...

const fs = require('mz/fs');
fs.readFile('./Index.html').then(contents => console.log(contents))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

Alternatively you can write them in asynchronous functions:

async function myReadfile () {
  try {
    const file = await fs.readFile('./Index.html');
  }
  catch (err) { console.error( err ) }
};