Add api this.readFile and this.readFileAsString

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/api/encodeGlobal.js b/lib/api/encodeGlobal.js
index 0191c50..d66fd69 100644
--- a/lib/api/encodeGlobal.js
+++ b/lib/api/encodeGlobal.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var fileToURL = require('../output/helper/fileToURL');
 */
 function encodeGlobal(output) {
     var book = output.getBook();
+    var fs = book.getContentFS();
     var logger = output.getLogger();
     var outputFolder = output.getRoot();
 
@@ -35,6 +36,26 @@ function encodeGlobal(output) {
             return book.isLanguageBook();
         }, '"isSubBook" is deprecated, use "isLanguageBook()" instead'),
 
+        /**
+            Read a file from the book
+
+            @param {String} fileName
+            @return {Promise<Buffer>}
+        */
+        readFile: function(fileName) {
+            return fs.read(fileName);
+        },
+
+        /**
+            Read a file from the book as a string
+
+            @param {String} fileName
+            @return {Promise<String>}
+        */
+        readFileAsString: function(fileName) {
+            return fs.readAsString(fileName);
+        },
+
         output: {
             /**
                 Name of the generator being used