encoding is ignored in fs.readFile

Question

I am trying to read the contents of a properties file in node. this is my call:

fs.readFile(\"server/config.properties\", {encoding: \'utf8\'}, function(err, dat         


        

Answer 1

You should change {encoding: 'utf8'} to {encoding: 'utf-8'}, for example:

fs.readFile("server/config.properties", {encoding: 'utf-8'}, function(err, data ) {
console.log( data );
});