| # 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) |
| - [Throws more helpful JSON errors](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parse-json) |
| - [Normalizes the data](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails) |
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| ## Install |
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| ``` |
| $ npm install read-pkg |
| ``` |
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| ## Usage |
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| ```js |
| const readPkg = require('read-pkg'); |
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| (async () => { |
| console.log(await readPkg()); |
| //=> {name: 'read-pkg', …} |
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| console.log(await readPkg({cwd: 'some-other-directory'})); |
| //=> {name: 'unicorn', …} |
| })(); |
| ``` |
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| ## API |
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| ### readPkg(options?) |
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| Returns a `Promise<object>` with the parsed JSON. |
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| ### readPkg.sync(options?) |
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| Returns the parsed JSON. |
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| #### options |
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| Type: `object` |
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| ##### cwd |
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| Type: `string`<br> |
| Default: `process.cwd()` |
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| Current working directory. |
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| ##### normalize |
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| Type: `boolean`<br> |
| 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 |
| - [write-pkg](https://github.com/sindresorhus/write-pkg) - Write a `package.json` file |
| - [load-json-file](https://github.com/sindresorhus/load-json-file) - Read and parse a JSON file |
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