Why does readFile throw an error that the file was not found?

Question

Node.js

I am trying to read json file. If I do it through require, then it reads everything: but if I do it through readFile or readFileSync, then it gives an error ENOENT: no such file or directory. what could be the problem?
const data = require('./json/name.json')
const data = fs.readFileSync('./json/name.json')

Answer 1

Try using an absolute path.

const path = require('path');
const file = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, './json/name.json'));