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79 lines
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# read-pkg [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/read-pkg)
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> Read a package.json file
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## Why
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- [Gracefully handles filesystem issues](https://github.com/isaacs/node-graceful-fs)
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- [Strips UTF-8 BOM](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-bom)
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- [Throws more helpful JSON errors](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parse-json)
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- [Normalizes the data](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails)
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## Install
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```
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$ npm install --save read-pkg
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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var readPkg = require('read-pkg');
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readPkg().then(function (pkg) {
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console.log(pkg);
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//=> {name: 'read-pkg', ...}
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});
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readPkg(__dirname).then(function (pkg) {
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console.log(pkg);
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//=> {name: 'read-pkg', ...}
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});
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readPkg(path.join('unicorn', 'package.json')).then(function (pkg) {
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console.log(pkg);
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//=> {name: 'read-pkg', ...}
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});
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```
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## API
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### readPkg([path], [options])
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Returns a promise that resolves to the parsed JSON.
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### readPkg.sync([path], [options])
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Returns the parsed JSON.
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#### path
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Type: `string`
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Default: `.`
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Path to a `package.json` file or its directory.
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#### options
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##### normalize
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Type: `boolean`
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Default: `true`
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[Normalize](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails) the package data.
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## Related
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- [read-pkg-up](https://github.com/sindresorhus/read-pkg-up) - Read the closest package.json file
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- [write-pkg](https://github.com/sindresorhus/write-pkg) - Write a `package.json` file
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- [load-json-file](https://github.com/sindresorhus/load-json-file) - Read and parse a JSON file
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## License
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MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](http://sindresorhus.com)
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