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/*
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Read a text file.
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EXAMPLE:
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curl -u `cat .smc/secret_token`: -d path=a.txt -d content="bar" http://localhost:`cat .smc/api-server.port`/api/v1/write-text-file
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*/
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import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
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import { client } from "./server";
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export default async function readTextFile({ path }): Promise<string> {
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  if (client == null) throw Error("client must be defined");
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  const dbg = client.dbg("read-text-file");
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  dbg(`path="${path}"`);
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  if (typeof path != "string") {
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    throw Error(`provide the path as a string -- got path="${path}"`);
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  return (await readFile(path)).toString();
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}
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