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# read-pkg [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/read-pkg)
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> Read a package.json file
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## Why
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- [Gracefully handles filesystem issues](https://github.com/isaacs/node-graceful-fs)
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- [Throws more helpful JSON errors](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parse-json)
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- [Normalizes the data](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails)
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## Install
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```
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$ npm install read-pkg
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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const readPkg = require('read-pkg');
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(async () => {
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console.log(await readPkg());
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//=> {name: 'read-pkg', …}
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console.log(await readPkg({cwd: 'some-other-directory'}));
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//=> {name: 'unicorn', …}
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})();
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```
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## API
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### readPkg(options?)
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Returns a `Promise<object>` with the parsed JSON.
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### readPkg.sync(options?)
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Returns the parsed JSON.
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#### options
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Type: `object`
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##### cwd
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Type: `string`<br>
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Default: `process.cwd()`
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Current working directory.
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##### normalize
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Type: `boolean`<br>
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Default: `true`
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[Normalize](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails) the package data.
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## Related
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- [read-pkg-up](https://github.com/sindresorhus/read-pkg-up) - Read the closest package.json file
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- [write-pkg](https://github.com/sindresorhus/write-pkg) - Write a `package.json` file
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- [load-json-file](https://github.com/sindresorhus/load-json-file) - Read and parse a JSON file
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---
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<div align="center">
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<b>
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<a href="https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/npm-read-pkg?utm_source=npm-read-pkg&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme">Get professional support for this package with a Tidelift subscription</a>
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</b>
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<br>
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<sub>
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Tidelift helps make open source sustainable for maintainers while giving companies<br>assurances about security, maintenance, and licensing for their dependencies.
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</sub>
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</div>
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