Node Utility Functions

index.js

// Get all directories in another directory
// Requires "fs"
function getDirectories(path) {
  return fs.readdirSync(path).filter(function (file) {
    return fs.statSync(path + "/" + file).isDirectory();
  });
}

// List all files in a directory
// Requires "fs"
var dir = "data";
// Unsynchronized
fs.readdir(dir, function(err, files) {
  files.forEach(function(file) {
    console.log(file);
  });
});
// Synchronized
fs.readdirSync(testFolder).forEach(function(file){
  console.log(file);
});

// Slugify a string
function slugify(text) {
  return text.toString().toLowerCase()
    .replace(/\s+/g, '-')           // Replace spaces with -
    .replace(/[^\w\-]+/g, '')       // Remove all non-word chars
    .replace(/\-\-+/g, '-')         // Replace multiple - with single -
    .replace(/^-+/, '')             // Trim - from start of text
    .replace(/-+$/, '');            // Trim - from end of text
}