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x/ayonli_jsext/esm/fs.js>readFileAsText

A JavaScript extension package for building strong and modern applications.
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function readFileAsText
import { readFileAsText } from "https://deno.land/x/ayonli_jsext@v0.9.72/esm/fs.js";

Reads the content of the given file as text.

NOTE: This function can also be used in Cloudflare Workers.

Examples

Example 1

// with the default storage
import { readFileAsText } from "@ayonli/jsext/fs";

const text = await readFileAsText("/path/to/file.txt");

Example 2

// with a user-selected directory as root (Chromium only)
import { readFileAsText } from "@ayonli/jsext/fs";

const root = await window.showDirectoryPicker();
const text = await readFileAsText("/path/to/file.txt", { root });

Example 3

// with a specific encoding
import { readFileAsText } from "@ayonli/jsext/fs";

const text = await readFileAsText("./examples/samples/gb2312.txt", { encoding: "gb2312" });

Parameters

target
optional
options = [UNSUPPORTED]