Relative fs.readFileSync paths with Node.js

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I'm trying to upload the photo from postman to the folder, but I got "no such file or directory". I guess it might be because I wrote :

fs.readFileSync("./uploads")

I have searched about ways to change the path, so I tried:

fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, './uploads'))

Or:

fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'uploads'))

Still doesn't work, does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks!!!!

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2 Answers

Use path.join instead:

fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'uploads'))

Moein Moeinnia0

Things to consider:

  • __dirname returns the base path for the current script. For example, if your JavaScript is located at /my-project/src/foo.js, then __dirname == '/my-project/src'.
  • ./uploads does not seem to be a photo file (where is the conventional extension, like .png?). Are you trying to enumerate files in a directory? If yes, then you should use fs.readdirSync(...).

If possible, show your project structure so that we can see where uploads is located, and also show where is the entry point JavaScript.

Matheus Dias de Souza0
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