# core/loaders/data.loader.ts

> 4 lines of code and 1 definition.

Tree: GovLab Stats
Language: typescript
Layer: infrastructure
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/anatomy/stats#file-stats-core-loaders-data-loader-ts
Source text: https://banes-lab.com/source/stats/core/loaders/data.loader.ts.txt

Listed in [core/loaders](https://banes-lab.com/api/source/stats/core/loaders.md), after [core/loaders/config.loader.ts](https://banes-lab.com/source/stats/core/loaders/config.loader.ts.md) and before [core/loaders/document.loader.ts](https://banes-lab.com/source/stats/core/loaders/document.loader.ts.md).

## Definitions

- `readJson` (lexical_declaration, line 3, exported)

## Contained in

- [core/loaders](https://banes-lab.com/anatomy/stats/folder-stats-core-loaders.md)

## Used by

- [core/loaders/config.loader.ts](https://banes-lab.com/source/stats/core/loaders/config.loader.ts.md)

## Linked from

- [core/loaders](https://banes-lab.com/anatomy/stats/folder-stats-core-loaders.md)

## Source

```typescript
import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";

export const readJson = function readJson(abs: string): unknown {
    return existsSync(abs) ? JSON.parse(readFileSync(abs, "utf8")) : null;
};
```