folder-Watcher

Using the folder-watcher module is very simple, you should take into consideration that this module is used to observe the elements within the selected folder.

You should know, that the best way to monitor a file is to monitor its container.

How to use

//declare module
const folderWatcher = require('folder-watcher');

 //wathcher folder
  folderWatcher.on('Your folder path here' [,  options], (object) => {
  //handle event
    if (object.event === 'move' || object.event === 'rename') {
      console.log(`event : ${object.event} from ${object.file} to  ${object.to}`);
    }
    else {
      // create, delete or change
      console.log(`event : ${object.event} in file ${object.file}`);
    };
  });

Parameters

1. path => String => Obligatory => Folder path only.
2. options => Object => optional => Default { persistent : true, recursive: true, encoding: utf-8 }.
3. calback => Function => Obligatory => Returns an event along with its respective paths.

Returns

The returned object can contain 3 elements, event, file, to.

• event => create, delete, move, rename, change.
• file => path of the file that has been modified.
• to => in case of events move and rename revolve the path of change.

Examples Returns

object = {
  event: 'create',
  from: './your/path/file.ext'
}

object: {
  event: 'delete',
  from: './file/path/delete.ext'
}

object: {
  event: 'change',
  from: './file/path/change.ext'
}

object: {
  event: 'rename',
  from: './yout/path/file.ext',
  to: './your/path/renamefile.ext'
}

object: {
  event: 'move',
  from: './yout/path/file.ext',
  to: './your/new/path/file.ext'
}