hubot script load yml file, dont work with relative path

Question

I am building a hubot script and I want to load a yml file in it. I am using the yamljs npm package to read the YAML file.

The problem is that it allways says "No such file or directory" error. If i put the absolute path it works.

What I am missing? I am loading the file like this:

feeds = YAML.load('../feeds.yml');

Here is my directory structure:

Answer 1

Where are you executing the script from? In node, path files in fs are relative to process.cwd() .

Relative path to filename can be used, remember however that this path will be relative to process.cwd().

Sources: http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html , https://stackoverflow.com/a/16730379/1007263

Therefore, if your script is in the same directory as feeds.yml , you should probably:

feeds = YAML.load('./feeds.yml');

Otherwise, there might be a bug in YAML. In this case, you can simply use path to deliver the absolute path directly.

path.resolve('../feeds.yml')

Source: http://nodejs.org/api/path.html#path_path_resolve_from_to