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

Using bluebird promise.coroutine:

let promise = require('bluebird'),
    PC = promise.coroutine,
    fs = promise.promisifyAll(require('fs'));
let getFiles = PC(function*(dir){
    let files = [];
    let contents = yield fs.readdirAsync(dir);
    for (let i = 0, l = contents.length; i < l; i ++) {
        //to remove dot(hidden) files on MAC
        if (/^\..*/.test(contents[i])) contents.splice(i, 1);
    }
    for (let i = 0, l = contents.length; i < l; i ++) {
        let content = path.resolve(dir, contents[i]);
        let contentStat = yield fs.statAsync(content);
        if (contentStat && contentStat.isDirectory()) {
            let subFiles = yield getFiles(content);
            files = files.concat(subFiles);
        } else {
            files.push(content);
        }
    }
    return files;
});
//how to use
//easy error handling in one place
getFiles(your_dir).then(console.log).catch(err => console.log(err));