1.6 KiB
1.6 KiB
read-pkg 
Read a package.json file
Why
- Gracefully handles filesystem issues
- Strips UTF-8 BOM
- Throws more helpful JSON errors
- Normalizes the data
Install
$ npm install --save read-pkg
Usage
const readPkg = require('read-pkg');
readPkg().then(pkg => {
console.log(pkg);
//=> {name: 'read-pkg', ...}
});
readPkg(__dirname).then(pkg => {
console.log(pkg);
//=> {name: 'read-pkg', ...}
});
readPkg(path.join('unicorn', 'package.json')).then(pkg => {
console.log(pkg);
//=> {name: 'read-pkg', ...}
});
API
readPkg([path], [options])
Returns a Promise for the parsed JSON.
readPkg.sync([path], [options])
Returns the parsed JSON.
path
Type: string
Default: .
Path to a package.json file or its directory.
options
normalize
Type: boolean
Default: true
Normalize the package data.
Related
- read-pkg-up - Read the closest package.json file
- write-pkg - Write a
package.jsonfile - load-json-file - Read and parse a JSON file
License
MIT © Sindre Sorhus