Get the root path of an Electron application.
1 min readFeb 5, 2019
- Author: Ganesh Rathinavel
- License: MIT
- Repo URL: https://github.com/ganeshrvel/npm-electron-root-path
- Contacts: ganeshrvel@outlook.com
Introduction
Get the root path of an Electron application.
Finding the root path of an electron app could become tricky, this NPM package helps you with the same
Initially, I created the “electron-root-path” NPM package as an internal utility for OpenMTP — Advanced Android File Transfer Application for macOS. It works well with the Electron React Redux Advanced Boilerplate and electron-react-boilerplate.
Installation
$ npm install electron-root-pathor $ yarn add electron-root-path
Usage
// Import ES6 way
import { rootPath } from 'electron-root-path';// Import ES2015 way
const rootPath = require('electron-root-path').rootPath;// e.g:
// read a file in the root
const location = path.join(rootPath, 'package.json');
const pkgInfo = fs.readFileSync(location, { encoding: 'utf8' });
- After packaging the app, the rootPath will point to the absolute directory path of <APP_PACKAGE_NAME>.app
// eg: /Applications/AppName.app- Handle the packaged condition using:
const isProd = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';// orconst isPackaged = process.mainModule.filename.indexOf('app.asar') !== -1;
Contacts
Please feel free to contact me at ganeshrvel@outlook.com
More repos
- Electron React Redux Advanced Boilerplate
- OpenMTP — Advanced Android File Transfer Application for macOS
- Tutorial Series by Ganesh Rathinavel
License
electron-root-path | Get the root path of an Electron Application is released under MIT License.
Copyright © 2018-Present Ganesh Rathinavel
