Node.js check if path is file or directory

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ThomasReggi picture ThomasReggi · Mar 26, 2013 · Viewed 242.6k times · Source

I can't seem to get any search results that explain how to do this.

All I want to do is be able to know if a given path is a file or a directory (folder).

Answer

Jason Sperske picture Jason Sperske · Mar 26, 2013

The following should tell you. From the docs:

fs.lstatSync(path_string).isDirectory()

Objects returned from fs.stat() and fs.lstat() are of this type.

stats.isFile()
stats.isDirectory()
stats.isBlockDevice()
stats.isCharacterDevice()
stats.isSymbolicLink() (only valid with fs.lstat())
stats.isFIFO()
stats.isSocket()

NOTE:

The above solution will throw an Error if; for ex, the file or directory doesn't exist.

If you want a true or false approach, try fs.existsSync(dirPath) && fs.lstatSync(dirPath).isDirectory(); as mentioned by Joseph in the comments below.

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