How do I read a file in node.js?

[Rohit Mishra]

Hi guys,

I am new to Bitbucket and trying to read a file from a remote repo using Node.js. I was able to read it from the local repo using the 'fs' module, but can't seem to be able to read it from the remote one. 

Could anyone help me with this? Appreciate any help! 

[Ana Retamal]

Hi Rohit, welcome to the Community!

This question is not really related to Bitbucket (apart from the file being hosted in Bitbucket) it's more of a programming question, but I'll try to help you anyway :)

My understanding is that you want to write a script that will read a file from Bitbucket. You can do that by using "fs" but you'll need to clone the repo first. 

You could execute a command like "git clone --shallow... " from nodejs using https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_exec_command_options_callback,  or you could also use a Git client for nodejs.

In the future, if you have any questions like this, remember you can find more resources in our Developer Community.

Hope that helps!

Ana

[Rohit Mishra]

Hey Ana, thanks for answering. I'll put this up on the dev community. Thanks again! :)