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Nested callbacks
addStepsAttachments(fileName, folder, callback) {
fileName = '12345';
fs.readdir(folder, 'utf8', function(err, filesList) {
if (!err && filesList.length > 0) {
const results = [];
const matchingFiles = filesList
.filter(file => file.startsWith(fileName))
.map(file => path.resolve(folder, file));
// just in case there were no matching files
done()
matchingFiles.forEach(file => {
fs.readFile(filePath, {encoding: 'base64'}, function(err, data) {
if (!err && data) {
results.push(data);
done()
} else {
callback(err);
}
});
});
// callback if all matching files were loaded
function done(){ if(result.length === matchingFiles.length) callback(null, results)}
} else {
callback(`Dir ${dirPath} is empty or some error happened: ${err}`, []);
}
});
}
}
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