How to read a .txt file that was downloaded locally?

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
1

Hi there,

I’ve downloaded a file from my webserver using the following code:

download = () : void => {
    this.platform.ready().then(() => {
      let pathToSaveTo = "";

      let filename = this.url.substring(this.url.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);

      if (this.platform.is('android')) {
          pathToSaveTo = cordova.file.dataDirectory + filename;
      }
      else if(this.platform.is('ios')) {
          pathToSaveTo = cordova.file.dataDirectory + filename;
      }

      let ft = new Transfer();

      ft.download(this.url, pathToSaveTo).then(() => {
          this.savedTo = pathToSaveTo;
      });
    })
  }

I’m having a lot of trouble finding out a way to then open the .txt file and read the text inside. I’ve looked for quite a while, and it seems like using Ionic native would be the best, but how exactly would I go about that? If someone could provide an example I would really appreciate it.

Thanks!

2

Nobody has any ideas? I’m really struggling with this.

3

Use http and give path to the file. Otherwise use require and import the path.

4

Thanks for the reply,

Is there any way that you could be a little more specific with the potential solution? By http do you mean Angular HTTP? And how exactly would that work?

5

try

this.http.get('data/country.json')
      .map(res => res.json())