# read-file-string License Sponsor read-file-string Build status Commits since v1.0.5 Last commit Issues Latest version on npm Dependents Downloads **Returns file content as a UTF-8 string. Returns null if file does not exist (or is a directory) instead of throwing an Error.** ## Installation read-file-string on npm ```bash npm install --save read-file-string@^1.0.5 ``` read-file-string on Yarn ```bash yarn add read-file-string@^1.0.5 ``` @jaid/read-file-string on GitHub Packages (if [configured properly](https://help.github.com/en/github/managing-packages-with-github-packages/configuring-npm-for-use-with-github-packages)) ```bash npm install --save @jaid/read-file-string@^1.0.5 ``` ## Example ```javascript import readFileString from "read-file-string" readFileString("./doesNotExist.txt").then(result => { }) ``` Variable `result` will be: ```javascript null ``` ## Development Setting up: ```bash git clone git@github.com:jaid/read-file-string.git cd read-file-string npm install ``` Testing: ```bash npm run test:dev ``` Testing in production environment: ```bash npm run test ``` ## License [MIT License](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaid/read-file-string/master/license.txt) Copyright © 2021, Jaid \ (https://github.com/jaid)