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Pritam Parua
Pritam Parua

Reputation: 692

sailsjs not picking local updated json

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In this sailsjs app we are not using any database. There is multiple json files in folder in data folder ( you can see it in root level). Inside controller we are accessing like 

req.session.categories = require(require('path').resolve('data/catInfo.json'));

catInfo.json is updated through some cron job twice a day. Issue is sailsjs not picking up updated data but if i restart the server then it is picking up new data. somewhere it is storing old json and serve that old json.

What i had already checked : 

1. try new browser / incognito browser. so this is not a session issue.
2. data folder is not under assets folder. so it is not going under .tmp folder.

Then where the old data is being stored ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 71

Answers (1)

Ben Fortune
Ben Fortune

Reputation: 32117

Modules included with require are cached, that means JSON files too.

If the file is being updated then you'll need to read it using the fs module.

req.session.categories = 
    JSON.parse(
        require('fs').readFileSync(require('path').resolve('data/catInfo.json'))
    );

Upvotes: 1

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