Readfile-directory-index-fallback NPM

readfile-directory-index-fallback

fs.readFile() using the directory index as a fallback

const readfileDirectoryIndexFallback = require('readfile-directory-index-fallback');

// When the file `index.html` exists in the `foo` directory
readfileDirectoryIndexFallback('foo', (err, buf) => {
  buf.toString(); //=> the contents of `foo/index.html`
});

Installation

Use npm.

npm install readfile-directory-index-fallback

API

const readfileDescendantFallback = require('readfile-directory-index-fallback');

readfileDirectoryIndexFallback(filePath, options, callback)

filePath: string Buffer Uint8Array URL integer
options: Object (fs.readFile() options) or string (encoding)
callback: Function

First, it tries to read a file at filePath. Then,

If the filePath points to an existing file, it passes the contents of the file to the callback.
If nothing exists in filePath, it passes an error to the callback.
If filePath points to an existing directory, it tries to read index.html (or the file specified in directoryIndex option) immediately under filePath directory.

options

In addition to the following, all fs.readFile() options are available.

options.directoryIndex

Type: string or boolean
Default: 'index.html'

A filename of the directory index contents (e.g. index.php).

// When the file `home.html` exists in the `site/contents` directory
readfileDirectoryIndexFallback('site/contents', {directoryIndex: 'home.html'}, (err, buf) => {
  buf.toString(); //=> the contents of `site/contents/index.html`
});

false disables the fallback feature, that is, this function becomes the same as fs.readFile.

// Even if index.html exists in the `foo` directory
readfileDirectoryIndexFallback('foo', {directoryIndex: false}, err => {
  err.code; //=> `EISDIR`
});