find files by extension, *.html under a folder in nodejs

Question

I'd like to find all *.html files in src folder and all its sub folders using nodejs. What is the best way to do it?

var folder = '/project1/src';
var extension = 'html';
var cb = function(err, results) {
   // results is an array of the files with path relative to the folder
   console.log(results);

}
// This function is what I am looking for. It has to recursively traverse all sub folders. 
findFiles(folder, extension, cb);

I think a lot developers should have great and tested solution and it is better to use it than writing one myself.

Answer 1

node.js, recursive simple function:

var path = require('path'),
fs = require('fs');

function fromDir(startPath, filter) {

    //console.log('Starting from dir '+startPath+'/');

    if (!fs.existsSync(startPath)) {
        console.log("no dir ", startPath);
        return;
    }

    var files = fs.readdirSync(startPath);
    for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        var filename = path.join(startPath, files[i]);
        var stat = fs.lstatSync(filename);
        if (stat.isDirectory()) {
            fromDir(filename, filter); //recurse
        } else if (filename.endsWith(filter)) {
            console.log('-- found: ', filename);
        };
    };
};

fromDir('../LiteScript', '.html');

add RegExp if you want to get fancy, and a callback to make it generic.

var path = require('path'),
fs = require('fs');

function fromDir(startPath, filter, callback) {

    //console.log('Starting from dir '+startPath+'/');

    if (!fs.existsSync(startPath)) {
        console.log("no dir ", startPath);
        return;
    }

    var files = fs.readdirSync(startPath);
    for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        var filename = path.join(startPath, files[i]);
        var stat = fs.lstatSync(filename);
        if (stat.isDirectory()) {
            fromDir(filename, filter, callback); //recurse
        } else if (filter.test(filename)) callback(filename);
    };
};

fromDir('../LiteScript', /\.html$/, function(filename) {
    console.log('-- found: ', filename);
});