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								# read-pkg [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/read-pkg)
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								> Read a package.json file
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								## Why
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								- [Gracefully handles filesystem issues](https://github.com/isaacs/node-graceful-fs)
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								- [Throws more helpful JSON errors](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parse-json)
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								- [Normalizes the data](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails)
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								## Install
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								```
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								$ npm install read-pkg
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								```
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								## Usage
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								```js
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								const readPkg = require('read-pkg');
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								(async () => {
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									console.log(await readPkg());
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									//=> {name: 'read-pkg', …}
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									console.log(await readPkg({cwd: 'some-other-directory'}));
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									//=> {name: 'unicorn', …}
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								})();
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								```
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								## API
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								### readPkg(options?)
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								Returns a `Promise<object>` with the parsed JSON.
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								### readPkg.sync(options?)
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								Returns the parsed JSON.
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								#### options
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								Type: `object`
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								##### cwd
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								Type: `string`<br>
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								Default: `process.cwd()`
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								Current working directory.
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								##### normalize
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								Type: `boolean`<br>
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								Default: `true`
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								[Normalize](https://github.com/npm/normalize-package-data#what-normalization-currently-entails) the package data.
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								## Related
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								- [read-pkg-up](https://github.com/sindresorhus/read-pkg-up) - Read the closest package.json file
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								- [write-pkg](https://github.com/sindresorhus/write-pkg) - Write a `package.json` file
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								- [load-json-file](https://github.com/sindresorhus/load-json-file) - Read and parse a JSON file
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								---
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								<div align="center">
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									<b>
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										<a href="https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/npm-read-pkg?utm_source=npm-read-pkg&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme">Get professional support for this package with a Tidelift subscription</a>
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									</b>
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									<br>
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									<sub>
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										Tidelift helps make open source sustainable for maintainers while giving companies<br>assurances about security, maintenance, and licensing for their dependencies.
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									</sub>
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								</div>
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