Drill 13: Summarise — Files and paths
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import { readFile, writeFile, mkdir } from 'node:fs/promises'
import path from 'node:path'
import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
const here = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
const dataDir = path.join(here, 'data')
const file = path.join(dataDir, 'scores.json')
type Score = {
player: string
score: number
}
async function loadScores(): Promise<Score[]> {
try {
const raw = await readFile(file, 'utf8')
return JSON.parse(raw) as Score[]
} catch (error) {
const code = (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code
if (code !== 'ENOENT') throw error
return []
}
}
async function saveScores(scores: Score[]): Promise<void> {
await mkdir(dataDir, { recursive: true })
await writeFile(file, JSON.stringify(scores, null, 2))
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