I am trying to convert txt file to json using fs methods it is throwing an error omething is wrong TypeError: data.split is not a function what is implemented wrong here

index.js

 try {
    let data = await fs.readFileSync(path.join(filePath));
    const obj = {
      User: "",
      User: Location: "",
      Company Name: "",
      Notes: " "
  };
    const content = [];
    data.split("\n").map((line) => {   
          if (line.startsWith("User:")) {
              obj.title = line.substring(6);
          } else if (line.startsWith("Company Name:")) {
            obj.title = line.substring(6);
          } else if (line.startsWith("User Location:")) {
            obj.tags = line.substring(4).split(",");
          } else if (line.startsWith("Notes:")) {
            obj.tags = line.substring(4).split(",");
          }   else {
                content.push(line);
            }
    });
    obj.content = content.join("\n");
    const finalres = fs.writeFileSync("output.json", JSON.stringify(obj));
    console.log("Final>>>>>>", finalres);
    res.send(finalres);
  } catch(e) {
    console.log("something is wrong", e);
  }

doc.txt

User: Account Admin

User Location:  New York, NY

Company Name: WeightWatcher

Notes:  Enabling growth through experimentation and analysis to 
      build a world-class onboarding experience
     Building and managing monitoring, configuration, control 
     plane, and operational services to allow 

CodePudding user response：

in

 await fs.readFileSync(path.join(filePath));

readFileSync does not return promise. fix it by deleting the await. it is a Sync method to it will wait until it finished.

also readFileSync will return Buffer. you can convert the buffer to a string or add the option like this :

fs.readFileSync(path.join(filePath),{encoding:'utf8'});

also fix the object to a valid json notation:

    const obj = {
      User: "",
      "User Location": "",
      "Company Name": "",
      Notes: ""
  };