NodeJS File Read
Module
Use fs
Sample
Read index.html and show file content as HTML
var http = require('http'); var fs = require('fs'); var server = http.createServer(); server.on('request', doRequest); server.listen(1337); function doRequest(req, res) { fs.readFile('./index.html', 'UTF-8', doRead); // doRead is callback function doRead(err, data) { res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html'); res.write(data); res.end(); } }
readFile has callback method, callback method manages how we manage file data.