helpful-fs

Install

npm install --save helpful-fs

Usage

import { read, write } from 'helpful-js';

//read/write text files
async function modify(filename, str){
    const content = await read({
        name: filename
    });

    return write({
        name: filename,
        content: content + str;
    });
}

modify('myfile', '!');

//read/write yaml, or json file
async function setProp(name, prop, str){
    const content = await read({
        name
    });

    content[prop] = str;

    return write({
        name,
        content
    });
}

setProp('name.yaml', 'prop', 'value');
setProp('name.json', 'prop', 'value');

All the imports:

import {
    read,
    write,
    readFile,
    writeFile,
    makeDir
} from 'helpful-js';

read({name})

Read a text, yaml, or json file. The format returned is utf8, or an object for yaml, or json.

read() returns a promise that resolves to the file contents.

write({name, content})

Write text, or an object to a yaml, or json file.

write() returns a promise.

readFile(name, options)

readFile() returns a promise that resolves to the file contents.

writeFile(name, content, options)

writeFile() returns a promise.

makeDir(name, options)

makeDir() is a reference to make-dir.

About

Some helpful functions for working with the file system.