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README
load-json-file
Read and parse a JSON file
It also strips UTF-8 BOM.
Install
$ npm install load-json-file
Usage
import {loadJsonFile} from 'load-json-file';
console.log(await loadJsonFile('foo.json'));
//=> {foo: true}
API
loadJsonFile(filePath, options?)
Returns a Promise<unknown>
with the parsed JSON.
loadJsonFileSync(filepath, options?)
Returns the parsed JSON.
options
Type: object
beforeParse
Type: Function
Applies a function to the JSON string before parsing.
reviver
Type: Function
Prescribes how the value originally produced by parsing is transformed, before being returned. See the JSON.parse
docs for more.
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Related
- write-json-file - Stringify and write JSON to a file atomically