Json file reading fails with 'utf8'

[seniorpreacher]

When I call "fs.readJsonFileSync(path, 'utf8')", I get the following error:

TypeError: Cannot use 'in' operator to search for 'throws' in utf8
    at Object.readFileSync (/Users/.../node_modules/fs-extra/node_modules/jsonfile/index.js:25:33)
    ...

OS: OS X Yosemite 10.10.3
Fs-extra: "0.18.4"

[jprichardson]

If you remove the param utf8, do you get the same error?

[seniorpreacher]

No, it works fine then (this is my workaround for now)
But I'm worried about it, when our project will support multiple languages, it might be a problem. (in the next couple of month)
And it might be a problem for others too.

[jprichardson]

Another workaround should be {encoding: 'utf8'}.

[jprichardson]

Ok, this has been fixed in [email protected]. Delete and reinstall fs-extra to get the latest jsonfile version. In your case, npm rm fs-extra && npm -i --save [email protected]. Note: If you upgrade to [email protected], the method readJsonFileSync does not exist anymore; you'll have to use readJsonSync which is the exact same.