Question

How to read local text file and print the text in web browser with Node.js

Answer 1

var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');
 
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  fs.readFile('info.txt', function(err, data) {
    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
    if (err) throw err;
    res.write(data);
    return res.end();
  });
}).listen(8080);
  
  
 
  
// To run open http://localhost:8080 in your web browser
  
/*
run:
  
See the text from info.txt file in view - source 
  
*/

 

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