Get all the files in a directory with NodeJS

• Language:: Javascript
• Type:: Back-end
• Context:: Reading files from directory
• Description
• Snippet

//requiring path and fs modules
const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
 
//joining path of directory
const directoryPath = path.join(__dirname, 'Documents');
 
//passsing directoryPath and callback function
fs.readdir(directoryPath, function (err, files) {
    //handling error
    if (err) {
        return console.log('Unable to scan directory: ' + err);
    }
    
    //listing all files using forEach
    files.forEach(function (file) {
        // Do whatever you want to do with the file
        console.log(file);
    });
});

• Dependencies:: https://medium.com/stackfame/get-list-of-all-files-in-a-directory-in-node-js-befd31677ec5

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• 🏷️Tags:: NodeJS, Javascript
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