read-pkg
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Read a package.json file
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# read-pkg
> Read a package.json file
## Why
- [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
```sh
npm install read-pkg
```
## Usage
```js
import {readPackage} from 'read-pkg';
console.log(await readPackage());
//=> {name: 'read-pkg', …}
console.log(await readPackage({cwd: 'some-other-directory'}));
//=> {name: 'unicorn', …}
```
## API
### readPackage(options?)
Returns a `Promise<object>` with the parsed JSON.
### readPackageSync(options?)
Returns the parsed JSON.
#### options
Type: `object`
##### cwd
Type: `URL | string`\
Default: `process.cwd()`
Current working directory.
##### normalize
Type: `boolean`\
Default: `true`
[Normalize](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails) the package data.
### parsePackage(packageFile, options?)
Parses an object or string into JSON.
#### packageFile
Type: `object | string`
An object or a stringified object to be parsed as a package.json.
#### options
Type: `object`
##### normalize
Type: `boolean`\
Default: `true`
[Normalize](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails) the package data.
## Related
- [read-package-up](https://github.com/sindresorhus/read-package-up) - Read the closest package.json file
- [write-package](https://github.com/sindresorhus/write-package) - Write a `package.json` file
- [load-json-file](https://github.com/sindresorhus/load-json-file) - Read and parse a JSON file