Read a file in Node.js

node.js

Solution

Use `path.join(__dirname, '/start.html')`;

var fs = require('fs'),
    path = require('path'),    
    filePath = path.join(__dirname, 'start.html');

fs.readFile(filePath, {encoding: 'utf-8'}, function(err,data){
    if (!err) {
        console.log('received data: ' + data);
        response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
        response.write(data);
        response.end();
    } else {
        console.log(err);
    }
});

Thanks to dc5.

Problem

I'm quite puzzled with reading files in Node.js. ``` fs.open('./start.html', 'r', function(err, fileToRead){ if (!err){ fs.readFile(fileToRead, {encoding: 'utf-8'}, function(err,data){ if (!err){ console.log('received data: ' + data); response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'}); response.write(data); response.end(); }else{ console.log(err); } }); }else{ console.log(err); } }); ``` File `start.html` is in the same directory with file that tries to open and read it. However, in the console I get: { [Error: ENOENT, open './start.html'] errno: 34, code: 'ENOENT', path: './start.html' } Any ideas?

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