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Deno.readFile - Deno documentation
function Deno.readFile
allow-read
readFile(
path: string | URL,
options?: ReadFileOptions,
): Promise<Uint8Array>

Reads and resolves to the entire contents of a file as an array of bytes. TextDecoder can be used to transform the bytes to string if required. Reading a directory returns an empty data array.

const decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8");
const data = await Deno.readFile("hello.txt");
console.log(decoder.decode(data));

Requires allow-read permission.

Parameters

path: string | URL
optional
options: ReadFileOptions

Return Type

Promise<Uint8Array>