node-fs-extra/docs/readJson.md

readJson(file, [options], callback)

Reads a JSON file and then parses it into an object. options are the same that you'd pass to jsonFile.readFile.

Alias: readJSON()

Sync: readJsonSync(), readJSONSync()

Example:

var fs = require('fs-extra')

fs.readJson('./package.json', function (err, packageObj) {
  console.log(packageObj.version) // => 0.1.3
})

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

var fs = require('fs-extra')
var file = path.join('/tmp/some-invalid.json')
var data = '{not valid JSON'
fs.writeFileSync(file, data)

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