Working with Files: How to get the names of all the files in a folder in Node

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Here is how to list the files/folders contained in a folder in the filesystem using Node.js:

const fs = require('fs')

const dir = '/Users/flavio/folder'
const files = fs.readdirSync(dir)

for (const file of files) {
  console.log(file)
}

Once you have a file reference, you can get its details using

const path = require('path')

//...

//inside the `for` loop
const stat = fs.lstatSync(path.join(dir, file))

This is useful to distinguish files from folders, for example, using the stat.isDirectory() method.

fs and path are built-in modules, no need to install them using npm

Lessons in this unit:

0: Introduction
1: How to check if a file exists in Node.js
2: How to create an empty file in Node.js
3: ▶︎ How to get the names of all the files in a folder in Node
4: How to get the last updated date of a file using Node.js
5: How to remove a file with Node.js
6: How to write a JSON object to file in Node.js
7: How to empty a folder in Node.js
8: Working with file descriptors in Node
9: Node File Paths
10: Node file stats
11: Working with folders in Node
12: How to use the Node.js fs module with async/await
13: How to get the current folder in Node
14: How to get the file extension in Node.js from the MIME type
15: How to get the file extension in Node.js
16: How to list files in a folder in Node
17: How to mass rename files in Node.js
18: Node.js get all files in a folder recursively
19: Incrementing multiple folders numbers at once using Node.js
20: Save some text to a file in Node.js