smartfile/ts/index.ts

/// <reference path="typings/tsd.d.ts" />
var plugins = {
    path: require("path"),
    fs: require("fs-extra"),
    yaml: require("js-yaml"),
    beautylog: require("beautylog")("os")
};


var smartfile:any = {
    //read File to  string
    readFileToString: function(filePath) {
        var fileString;
        fileString = plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
        return fileString;
    },
    readFileToObject: function(filePath,fileTypeArg = "undefined") {
        var fileType;
        if (fileTypeArg == "undefined") {
            fileType = plugins.path.extname(filePath);
        } else {
            fileType = fileTypeArg;
        }
        fileType = fileType.replace(/\.([a-z]*)/,"$1"); //remove . form fileType
        switch (fileType) {
            case "yml" :
            case "yaml":
                try {
                    return plugins.yaml.safeLoad(plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8'));
                } catch (e){
                    plugins.beautylog.error("check that " + filePath.blue + " points to a valid file");
                }
                break;
            case "json":
                return plugins.fs.readJsonSync(filePath,{});
                break;
        }
    }
};


module.exports = smartfile;