require file as string
Solution 1:
If it's for a (few) specific extension(s), you can add your own require.extensions
handler:
var fs = require('fs');
require.extensions['.txt'] = function (module, filename) {
module.exports = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8');
};
var words = require("./words.txt");
console.log(typeof words); // string
Otherwise, you can mix fs.readFile
with require.resolve
:
var fs = require('fs');
function readModuleFile(path, callback) {
try {
var filename = require.resolve(path);
fs.readFile(filename, 'utf8', callback);
} catch (e) {
callback(e);
}
}
readModuleFile('./words.txt', function (err, words) {
console.log(words);
});
Solution 2:
To read the CSS file to String, use this code. It works for .txt
.
const fs = require('fs')
const path = require('path')
const css = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'email.css'), 'utf8')
ES6:
import fs from 'fs'
import path from 'path'
let css = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'email.css'), 'utf8')
Solution 3:
you'll have to use readFile
function from filesystem
module.
http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.3.1/api/fs.html#fs.readFile
Solution 4:
The selected answer is deprecated and not recommended anymore. NodeJS documentation suggests other approaches like:
loading modules via some other Node.js program
but it does not expand any more.
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You can use a very simple library like this: require-text
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Or implement it yourself ( like from the package above: )
var fs = require('fs'); module.exports = function(name, require) { return fs.readFileSync(require.resolve(name)).toString(); };