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x/xdg/vendor/types/deno.d.ts>Deno.readTextFile

Determine XDG Base Directory paths (OS/platform portable)
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function Deno.readTextFile
import { Deno } from "https://deno.land/x/xdg@v10.5.1/vendor/types/deno.d.ts";
const { readTextFile } = Deno;

Asynchronously reads and returns the entire contents of a file as utf8 encoded string. Reading a directory throws an error.

const data = await Deno.readTextFile("hello.txt");
console.log(data);

Requires allow-read permission.

Parameters

path: string | URL

Returns

Promise<string>