Read file from aws s3 bucket using node fs

Question

I am attempting to read a file that is in a aws s3 bucket using

fs.readFile(file, function (err, contents) {
  var myLines = contents.Body.toString().split(         


        

Answer 1

I prefer Buffer.from(data.Body).toString('utf8'). It supports encoding parameters. With other AWS services (ex. Kinesis Streams) someone may want to replace 'utf8' encoding with 'base64'.

new AWS.S3().getObject(
  { Bucket: this.awsBucketName, Key: keyName }, 
  function(err, data) {
    if (!err) {
      const body = Buffer.from(data.Body).toString('utf8');
      console.log(body);
    }
  }
);