node.js fs.readdir recursive directory search

Question

Any ideas on an async directory search using fs.readdir? I realise that we could introduce recursion and call the read directory function with the next directory to read, bu

Answer 1

I loved the answer from chjj above and would not have been able to create my version of the parallel loop without that start.

var fs = require("fs");

var tree = function(dir, done) {
  var results = {
        "path": dir
        ,"children": []
      };
  fs.readdir(dir, function(err, list) {
    if (err) { return done(err); }
    var pending = list.length;
    if (!pending) { return done(null, results); }
    list.forEach(function(file) {
      fs.stat(dir + '/' + file, function(err, stat) {
        if (stat && stat.isDirectory()) {
          tree(dir + '/' + file, function(err, res) {
            results.children.push(res);
            if (!--pending){ done(null, results); }
          });
        } else {
          results.children.push({"path": dir + "/" + file});
          if (!--pending) { done(null, results); }
        }
      });
    });
  });
};

module.exports = tree;

I created a Gist as well. Comments welcome. I am still starting out in the NodeJS realm so that is one way I hope to learn more.