From 0eab2630ad1de5043c75ec870b207b3698ff716c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ztimson <zaktimson@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 15:35:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added fileText method

---
 package.json |  2 +-
 src/files.ts | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0d4c7bd..5d85bfa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@ztimson/utils",
-	"version": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4",
 	"description": "Utility library",
 	"author": "Zak Timson",
 	"license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/files.ts b/src/files.ts
index af5adff..3713be5 100644
--- a/src/files.ts
+++ b/src/files.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,21 @@ export function fileBrowser(options: {accept?: string, multiple?: boolean} = {})
 	});
 }
 
+/**
+ * Extract text from a file
+ *
+ * @param file File to extract text from
+ * @return {Promise<string | null>} File contents
+ */
+export function fileText(file: any): Promise<string | null> {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		const reader = new FileReader();
+		reader.onload = () => resolve(<string>reader.result);
+		reader.onerror = () => reject(reader.error);
+		reader.readAsText(file);
+	});
+}
+
 /**
  * Create timestamp intended for filenames from a date
  *