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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.
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const fs = require('fs');2
const path = require('path');3
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const getFilesFromDirectory = (directoryPath) => {5
const filesInDirectory = fs.readdirSync(directoryPath);6
const files = filesInDirectory.map((file) => {7
const filePath = path.join(directoryPath, file);8
const stats = fs.statSync(filePath);9
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if (stats.isDirectory()) {11
return getFilesFromDirectory(filePath);12
} else {13
return filePath;14
}15
});16
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return files.filter((file) => file.length); // return with empty arrays removed18
};19
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console.log(getFilesFromDirectory('/path/to/directory'));xxxxxxxxxx1
const fs = require('fs/promises');2
const path = require('path');3
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const getFilesFromDirectory = async (directoryPath) => {5
const filesInDirectory = await fs.readdir(directoryPath);6
const files = await Promise.all(7
filesInDirectory.map(async (file) => {8
const filePath = path.join(directoryPath, file);9
const stats = await fs.stat(filePath);10
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if (stats.isDirectory()) {12
return getFilesFromDirectory(filePath);13
} else {14
return filePath;15
}16
})17
);18
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return files.filter((file) => file.length); // return with empty arrays removed20
};21
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const displayFiles = async () => {23
console.log(await getFilesFromDirectory('/path/to/directory'));24
};25
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displayFiles();