express-api-template/createDirectoryContents.js

Project for quick express.js setup

import fs from "fs";
const CURR_DIR = process.cwd();

const createDirectoryContents = (templatePath, newProjectPath) => {
	const filesToCreate = fs.readdirSync(templatePath);

	filesToCreate.forEach((file) => {
		const origFilePath = `${templatePath}/${file}`;

		// get stats about the current file
		const stats = fs.statSync(origFilePath);

		if (stats.isFile()) {
			const contents = fs.readFileSync(origFilePath, "utf8");

			// Rename
			if (file === ".npmignore") file = ".gitignore";

			const writePath = `${CURR_DIR}/${newProjectPath}/${file}`;
			fs.writeFileSync(writePath, contents, "utf8");
		} else if (stats.isDirectory()) {
			fs.mkdirSync(`${CURR_DIR}/${newProjectPath}/${file}`);

			// recursive call
			createDirectoryContents(`${templatePath}/${file}`, `${newProjectPath}/${file}`);
		}
	});
};

export default createDirectoryContents;