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I am looking for a way to get the userdata folder using Node.js, that will work on both Windows and macOS.
The Node.js instance would be running on the user's machine.
I need something that returns the following:
C:\Documents and Settings\JohnD\Application Data (Windows XP) C:\Users\JohnD\AppData\Roaming (Windows Vista and Up) /Users/JohnD/Library/Preferences (macOS) Is this possible?
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Windows. The default location is in the local app data folder: [Chrome] %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data.
Using __dirname in a Node script will return the path of the folder where the current JavaScript file resides. Using ./ will give you the current working directory. It will return the same result as calling process.
To get the current user home directory, you can use the homedir() method from the os module in Node. js. /* Get home directory of the user in Node. js */ // import os module const os = require("os"); // check the available memory const userHomeDir = os.
Try the following:
process.env.APPDATA || (process.platform == 'darwin' ? process.env.HOME + '/Library/Preferences' : process.env.HOME + "/.local/share") The expected result is:
OS X - '/Users/user/Library/Preferences'
Windows 8 - 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming'
Windows XP - 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data'
Linux - '/home/user/.local/share'
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You can check user environment which is stored in process.env
Also, take a look at process.platform
To be specific:
% node > console.log(process.env.HOME) /Users/miktam > console.log(process.platform) darwin Having this information, you will be able to achieve what you need.
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