node.js-fs – Tarik Billa

fs/promises API in TypeScript is not compiling correctly in JavaScript

July 18, 2023 by Tarik

The error was due to unsupported Node version 12.x which doesn’t support this require statement… var promises_1 = require(“fs/promises”); but this works var promises_1 = require(“fs”).promises; This can be solved by updating the Node to the latest.

How can I get the application base path from a module in Node.js?

June 14, 2023 by Tarik

The approach of using __dirname is the most reliable one. It will always give you correct directory. You do not have to worry about ../../ in Windows environment as path.join() will take care of that. There is an alternative solution though. You can use process.cwd() which returns the current working directory of the process. That … Read more