node-fs-extra/docs/readJson-sync.md

# readJsonSync(file[, options])

Reads a JSON file and then parses it into an object. `options` are the same
that you'd pass to [`jsonFile.readFileSync`](https://github.com/jprichardson/node-jsonfile#readfilesyncfilename-options).

**Alias:** `readJSONSync()`

- `file` `<String>`
- `options` `<Object>`

## Example:

```js
const fs = require('fs-extra')

const packageObj = fs.readJsonSync('./package.json')
console.log(packageObj.version) // => 2.0.0
```

---

`readJsonSync()` can take a `throws` option set to `false` and it won't throw if the JSON is invalid. Example:

```js
const fs = require('fs-extra')

const file = '/tmp/some-invalid.json'
const data = '{not valid JSON'
fs.writeFileSync(file, data)

const obj = fs.readJsonSync(file, { throws: false })
console.log(obj) // => null
```
v8 release (#667) * Remove secure-random from dev-deps (#610) * fix ensureDir() doc * moveSync: refactor to use renameSync * copy(): fix copying bind-mounted directories (#618) copy(): fix copying bind-mounted dirs copy(): fix case-insensitive-paths tests copy(): refactor to check paths more efficiently destructure stats object after checking err * move(): check paths before moving move(): add case-insensitive paths test remove unnecessary done callback from test * copy(): add new option checkPathsBeforeCopying update copy() docs to include checkPathsBeforeCopying some reformatting * copy(): use fs.stat with bigint option move(): refactor to use the internal stat functions move(): add test for prevent moving identical disable graceful-fs in copy and move tests * fix parsing node version * tiny reformat * update copy() docs refactor parsing node version * use semver to parse node version in tests 6 years ago			`# readJsonSync(file[, options])`
Docs: Split out sync methods 8 years ago
			Reads a JSON file and then parses it into an object. `options` are the same
			that you'd pass to [`jsonFile.readFileSync`](https://github.com/jprichardson/node-jsonfile#readfilesyncfilename-options).

			Alias: `readJSONSync()`

docs: Refactor docs to include parameters type 8 years ago			- `file` `<String>`
			- `options` `<Object>`

Docs: Split out sync methods 8 years ago			`## Example:`

			```js
			`const fs = require('fs-extra')`

			`const packageObj = fs.readJsonSync('./package.json')`
			`console.log(packageObj.version) // => 2.0.0`
			```

			`---`

			`readJsonSync()` can take a `throws` option set to `false` and it won't throw if the JSON is invalid. Example:

			```js
			`const fs = require('fs-extra')`
docs: Refactor readJsonSync example 8 years ago
			`const file = '/tmp/some-invalid.json'`
Docs: Split out sync methods 8 years ago			`const data = '{not valid JSON'`
			`fs.writeFileSync(file, data)`

			`const obj = fs.readJsonSync(file, { throws: false })`
			`console.log(obj) // => null`
			```