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# read-pkg [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/read-pkg)
> Read a package.json file
## Why
- [Gracefully handles filesystem issues](https://github.com/isaacs/node-graceful-fs)
- [Strips UTF-8 BOM](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-bom)
- [Throws more helpful JSON errors](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parse-json)
- [Normalizes the data](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails)
## Install
```
$ npm install --save read-pkg
```
## Usage
```js
const readPkg = require('read-pkg');
readPkg().then(pkg => {
console.log(pkg);
//=> {name: 'read-pkg', ...}
});
readPkg(__dirname).then(pkg => {
console.log(pkg);
//=> {name: 'read-pkg', ...}
});
readPkg(path.join('unicorn', 'package.json')).then(pkg => {
console.log(pkg);
//=> {name: 'read-pkg', ...}
});
```
## API
### readPkg([path], [options])
Returns a `Promise` for the parsed JSON.
### readPkg.sync([path], [options])
Returns the parsed JSON.
#### path
Type: `string`<br>
Default: `.`
Path to a `package.json` file or its directory.
#### options
##### normalize
Type: `boolean`<br>
Default: `true`
[Normalize](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails) the package data.
## Related
- [read-pkg-up](https://github.com/sindresorhus/read-pkg-up) - Read the closest package.json file
- [write-pkg](https://github.com/sindresorhus/write-pkg) - Write a `package.json` file
- [load-json-file](https://github.com/sindresorhus/load-json-file) - Read and parse a JSON file
## License
MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
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