vfile utility to find files by searching the file system downwards.

• What is this?
• When should I use this?
• Install
• Use
• API
  • findDown(test[, paths][, callback])
  • findDownAll(test[, paths][, callback])
  • Assert
  • Callback
  • CallbackAll
  • Result
  • Test
• Types
• Compatibility
• Contribute
• License

This utility lets you find one or many files downwards.

You can use this utility if you want to find files in, say, a folder. One example is all markdown files. If you instead want to find files upwards, such as config files, you can use vfile-find-up.

This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 16), install with npm:

npm install vfile-find-down

import {findDown} from 'vfile-find-down'

console.log(await findDown('.md'))

Yields:

VFile {
  cwd: '/Users/tilde/Projects/oss/vfile-find-down',
  data: {},
  history: [ '/Users/tilde/Projects/oss/vfile-find-down/readme.md' ],
  messages: []
}

This package exports the identifiers findDown and findDownAll. There is no default export.

Find the first file or folder downwards.

👉 Note: files are not read (their value is not populated). use to-vfile for that.

• (test[, paths], callback) => undefined
• (test[, paths]) => Promise<VFile>

• test (Test) — things to search for
• paths (Array<URL | string> | URL | string, default: process.cwd()) — places to search from
• callback (Callback, optional) — callback called when done

Nothing when callback is given (undefined), otherwise a promise that resolves to a file (VFile or undefined).

Find files or folders downwards.

👉 Note: files are not read (their value is not populated). use to-vfile for that.

• (test[, paths], callback) => undefined
• (test[, paths]) => Promise<Array<VFile>>

• test (Test) — things to search for
• paths (Array<URL | string> | URL | string, default: process.cwd()) — places to search from
• callback (CallbackAll, optional) — callback called when done

Nothing when callback is given (undefined), otherwise a promise that resolves to files (Array<VFile>).

Handle a file (TypeScript type).

• file (VFile) — file to handle
• stats (Stats) — stats from fs.stat

How to handle this file (Result, optional).

Callback called when done finding one file (TypeScript type).

• error (Error or undefined) — error; errors are currently never passed
• file (VFile or undefined) — file

Nothing (undefined).

Callback called when done (TypeScript type).

• error (Error or undefined) — error; errors are currently never passed
• files (Array<VFile>) — files

Nothing (undefined).

What to do when collecting a file or folder (TypeScript type).

• break (boolean, default: false) — stop searching after this file or folder
• include (boolean, default: false) — include this file or folder
• skip (boolean, default: false) — do not search inside this folder

Things to search for (TypeScript type).

For strings, the basename or extname of files must match them and hidden folders and node_modules will not be searched. For arrays, any test in them must match.

type Test = Array<Assert | string> | Assert | string

This package is fully typed with TypeScript. It exports the additional types Assert, Callback, CallbackAll, Result, and Test.

Projects maintained by the unified collective are compatible with maintained versions of Node.js.

When we cut a new major release, we drop support for unmaintained versions of Node. This means we try to keep the current release line, vfile-find-down@^7, compatible with Node.js 16.

See contributing.md in vfile/.github for ways to get started. See support.md for ways to get help.

This project has a code of conduct. By interacting with this repository, organization, or community you agree to abide by its terms.

MIT © Titus Wormer