TIL getting all files with an extension in Node using Glob

POSTED ON: Jan 31, 2022

TAGS: node file-directory

I wanted to find all json files within a folder structure.

npm i glob

const glob = require('glob');

function getFilesFromPath(path, extension) {
  return glob.sync(`${path}/**/*.${extension}`);
}

// get me all .gz files inside the aws directory
const allZippedFiles = getFilesFromPath('./cheerio_data/aws/', "gz");

// get me all the scss files inside the source directory
const allScssFiles = getFilesFromPath('./src/', "scss");

Resources:

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/52024318/4096078
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/60604686/4096078

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