How to get the total numbers of Files in a Folder with Node.js

When working with files and directories in Node.js, the built in fs module provides an api for interacting with the file system. All file system have asynchronous and synchronous nature.

The fs module comes with a method readadir that enable Node.js to read the content in a directory.

The code below get the total number of files in a directory.

var fs = require('fs');

fs.readdir ( 'path/to/your/folder', (error, files) => {
    let totalFiles = files.length; // return the number of files
    console.log(totalFiles); // print the total number of files
});

If your Node.js package does not support arrow function, you can use the code below.

var fs = require('fs');

fs.readdir ( 'path/to/your/folder', function(error, files) { 
    var totalFiles = files.length; // return the number of files
    console.log(totalFiles); // print the total number of files
});

Please change the path to your folder to the folder you want to access.

The readdir is a method in fs module.

readdir is asychronous in nature.

It allows three parameters (path[, options], callback).

The files parameter in the callback function is an array containing all files in the directory.

.length is a property for getting the length of an array.