Read a file with promises in TypeScript on Node
import * as fs from “fs”; import { promisify } from “util”; const content: Promise<string> = promisify(fs.readFile)(“path/to/the/file”, { encoding: “UTF-8” }) I am tired of looking that up over and over every time I want to read a file into a promise in Node using TypeScript, so here it is. Next time, bring me here, Google. The promisify call turns fs.readFile from a callback-based method to a promise-based one. promisify accepts …