readFile

Reads a file and returns its binary content.

Example

import { SF } from "@duplojs/server-utils";
import { E, unwrap } from "@duplojs/utils";

const decoder = new TextDecoder();
const result = await SF.readFile("/tmp/file.bin");
// result: FileSystemLeft | Success<Uint8Array>

if (E.isRight(result)) {
	const fileBytes = unwrap(result);
	const fileContent = decoder.decode(fileBytes);
	// fileContent: string
}

Syntax

function readFile(
  path: string | URL
): Promise<FileSystemLeft | E.Success<Uint8Array>>

Parameters

• path : path of the file to read.

Return value

• E.Success<Uint8Array> : the file content.
• FileSystemLeft : if the read fails.

See also

• readTextFile - Reads a text file.