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# read-pkg [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/read-pkg.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/read-pkg)
> Read a package.json file
## Why
- [Gracefully handles filesystem issues](https://github.com/isaacs/node-graceful-fs)
- [Throws more helpful JSON errors](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parse-json)
- [Normalizes the data](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails)
## Install
```
$ npm install read-pkg
```
## Usage
```js
const readPkg = require('read-pkg');
(async () => {
console.log(await readPkg());
//=> {name: 'read-pkg', …}
console.log(await readPkg({cwd: 'some-other-directory'});
//=> {name: 'unicorn', …}
})();
```
## API
### readPkg([options])
Returns a `Promise<object>` with the parsed JSON.
### readPkg.sync([options])
Returns the parsed JSON.
#### options
Type: `object`
##### cwd
Type: `string`<br>
Default: `process.cwd()`
Current working directory.
##### normalize
Type: `boolean`<br>
Default: `true`
[Normalize](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails) the package data.
## Related
- [read-pkg-up](https://github.com/sindresorhus/read-pkg-up) - Read the closest package.json file
- [write-pkg](https://github.com/sindresorhus/write-pkg) - Write a `package.json` file
- [load-json-file](https://github.com/sindresorhus/load-json-file) - Read and parse a JSON file
## License
MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)