How do I get a list of files with specific file extension using node.js?

Question

The node fs package has the following methods to list a directory:

fs.readdir(path, [callback]) Asynchronous readdir(3). Reads the

Answer 1

fs doesn't support filtering itself but if you don't want to filter youself then use glob

var glob = require('glob');

// options is optional
glob("**/*.js", options, function (er, files) {
  // files is an array of filenames.
  // If the `nonull` option is set, and nothing
  // was found, then files is ["**/*.js"]
  // er is an error object or null.
})