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Node.js - get files from directory (recursively)

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In this article, we would like to show you how to get all files from a directory (including subdirectories) in Node.js.

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Check out this article for a practical example of using the code below - link.

Synchronous version:

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

const getFilesFromDirectory = (directoryPath) => {
    const filesInDirectory = fs.readdirSync(directoryPath);
    const files = filesInDirectory.map((file) => {
        const filePath = path.join(directoryPath, file);
        const stats = fs.statSync(filePath);

        if (stats.isDirectory()) {
            return getFilesFromDirectory(filePath);
        } else {
            return filePath;
        }
    });

    return files.filter((file) => file.length); // return with empty arrays removed
};

console.log(getFilesFromDirectory('/path/to/directory'));

Asynchronous version:

const fs = require('fs/promises');
const path = require('path');

const getFilesFromDirectory = async (directoryPath) => {
    const filesInDirectory = await fs.readdir(directoryPath);
    const files = await Promise.all(
        filesInDirectory.map(async (file) => {
            const filePath = path.join(directoryPath, file);
            const stats = await fs.stat(filePath);
            
            if (stats.isDirectory()) {
                return getFilesFromDirectory(filePath);
            } else {
                return filePath;
            }
        })
    );

    return files.filter((file) => file.length); // return with empty arrays removed
};

const displayFiles = async () => {
    console.log(await getFilesFromDirectory('/path/to/directory'));
};

displayFiles();

See also

  1. Node.js - get files from directory (recursively) example

Alternative titles

  1. Node.js - list files from directory (recursively)
  2. Node.js - get all files from directory (recursively)
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