Native Node.js File Read in Meteor

get-text-replacement.js

/*
  Read a file with Node's fs instead of Meteor's Assets lib.
  Originally used as a swap for Meteor's Assets.getText() method not working consistently.
*/

import fs from 'fs';

const file = 'some-file-in-private.html';
// assets/app here is analagous to your /private directory in the root of your app. This is where Meteor ultimately
// stores the contents of /private in a built app.
const text = fs.readFileSync(`assets/app/${file}`, 'utf8');
console.log(text); // File contents as utf8 encoded string.