Get all files recursively in directories NodejS

Question

I have a little problem with my function. I would like to get all files in many directories. Currently, I can retrieve the files in the file passed in parameters. I would li

Answer 1

You can use loop through all the files and directories of the root folder, if it's a directory, then get inside it and repeat the process. Consider the code below:

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

const target = './'; // choose the directory to target
var result = []
var filePaths = []
var tempFolder = []
const targetPath = fs.readdirSync(target);




function hit(mainPath = targetPath) {

  mainPath.forEach((file) => {

    let check = fs.statSync(file);

    if (!check.isDirectory()) {
      filePaths.push(file)
    }
    else {
      if (file[0] != '.') {
        tempFolder.push(file)
      }
    }
  });

  // get files from folder
  if (tempFolder.length > 0) {
    tempFolder.forEach((dir) => {
      getFiles(dir)
    })
  } 
   // filePaths contains path to every file

}




function getFiles(dir) {

  var paths = fs.readdirSync(dir);
  var files = [];

  paths.forEach(function (file) {
    var fullPath = dir + '/' + file;
    files.push(fullPath);
  });

  files.forEach((tempFile) => {
    let check = fs.statSync(tempFile);

    if (check.isDirectory()) {
      getFiles(tempFile)
    } else {
      filePaths.push(tempFile)
    }
  })
}



hit(); // main function