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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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| 
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| ## Why
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| 
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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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| 
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| 
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| ## Install
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| 
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| ```
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| $ npm install read-pkg
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| ```
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| 
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| ## Usage
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| 
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| ```js
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| const readPkg = require('read-pkg');
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| 
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| (async () => {
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| 	console.log(await readPkg());
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| 	//=> {name: 'read-pkg', …}
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| 
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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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| 
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| ## API
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| 
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| ### readPkg(options?)
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| Returns a `Promise<object>` with the parsed JSON.
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| 
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| ### readPkg.sync(options?)
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| Returns the parsed JSON.
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| 
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| #### options
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| Type: `object`
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| 
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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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| 
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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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| 
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| ## Related
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| 
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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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| 
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| ---
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| 
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| <div align="center">
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| 	<b>
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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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