require file as string
If it's for a (few) specific extension(s), you can add your own require.extensions handler:
var fs = require('fs');require.extensions['.txt'] = function (module, filename) { module.exports = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8');};var words = require("./words.txt");console.log(typeof words); // stringOtherwise, you can mix fs.readFile with require.resolve:
var fs = require('fs');function readModuleFile(path, callback) { try { var filename = require.resolve(path); fs.readFile(filename, 'utf8', callback); } catch (e) { callback(e); }}readModuleFile('./words.txt', function (err, words) { console.log(words);});
To read the CSS file to String, use this code. It works for .txt.
const fs = require('fs')const path = require('path')const css = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'email.css'), 'utf8')ES6:
import fs from 'fs'import path from 'path'let css = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'email.css'), 'utf8')
you'll have to use readFile function from filesystem module.