Read a file synchronously in Javascript

Question

I would like to read a file and convert it into a base64 encoded string using the FileReader object. Here\'s the code I use :

    var reader = new FileReader();
         


        

Answer 1

To read the contents of a file synchronously use fs.readFileSync

var fs = require('fs');
var content = fs.readFileSync('myfilename');
console.log(content);

fs.createReadStream creates a ReadStream.