How to refer to a file for fs.readfile

Asked Jan 22 '18 at 08:50

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I have a node.js application that uses a static csv file that i build some values from. My project structure is as follows:

/-- <app>
/-- -- sampledata.csv
/-- -- <server>
/-- -- -- server.js

the way i refer to this file through server.js is:

path.join(__dirname, "..", "sampledata.csv")

when i try reading the file:

fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, "..", "sampledata.csv"), "utf8", (err, data) => {
    //code
}

I get the error

Cannot destructure property `data` of 'undefined' or 'null'.

Can anyone tell me how to point to the right location in the directory as i think it's using the path as the string name?

asked Jan 22 '18 at 08:50

Strahinja Ajvaz

Sorry, i had the wrong error on the screen. – Strahinja Ajvaz Jan 22 '18 at 08:59
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try this : fs.readFile(__dirname + '../sampledata.csv',"utf8", (err, data) => { //code } – Md Nazmul Hossain Jan 22 '18 at 09:02
Hmm... Please check your actual code. The error comes from a destructuring operation, meaning that you'll have something like ({err, data}) in your code, at least that what it looks like. – Michał Karpacki Jan 25 '18 at 23:24

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