reactjs - Find a file in React

Question

How to search a specific named file in a folder using React ?

My file name is like below

var filename =  window.location.hostname ;

Now I would like to search the file like below

if(require('../public/service/filename.json')) {

//do something
}
else {
 //do something
}

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65829189/find-a-file-in-react

Answer 1

You can use following way:

const checkFileExist = (path) => {
  try {
   return require(`${path}`);
  } catch (err) {
   return null;
  }
};

and use it on your component

 if(checkFileExist('../public/service/filename.json') === null) {
   // something
 } else {
   // something
 }