The Bun.file()
function accepts a path and returns a BunFile
instance. The BunFile
class extends Blob
and allows you to lazily read the file in a variety of formats. Use .arrayBuffer()
to read the file as an ArrayBuffer
.
const path = "/path/to/package.json";
const file = Bun.file(path);
const buffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
The binary content in the ArrayBuffer
can then be read as a typed array, such as Int8Array
. For Uint8Array
, use .bytes()
.
const buffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
const bytes = new Int8Array(buffer);
bytes[0];
bytes.length;
Refer to the Typed arrays docs for more information on working with typed arrays in Bun.