Node.js: How to check if folder is empty or not with out uploading list of files

Question

I am using Node.js.

I want to check if folder is empty or not? One option is to use fs.readdir but it loads whole bunch of

Answer 1

Duplicate from my answer in how to determine whether the directory is empty directory with nodejs

There is the possibility of using the opendir method call that creates an iterator for the directory.

This will remove the need to read all the files and avoid the potential memory & time overhead

    import {promises as fsp} from "fs"
    const dirIter = await fsp.opendir(_folderPath);
    const {value,done} = await dirIter[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next();
    await dirIter.close()

The done value would tell you if the directory is empty