Get paths for storing things like data, config, cache, etc
Get paths for storing things like data, config, cache, etc
Uses the correct OS-specific paths. Most developers get this wrong.
$ npm install env-paths
const envPaths = require('env-paths');const paths = envPaths('MyApp');
paths.data; //=> '/home/sindresorhus/.local/share/MyApp-nodejs'
paths.config //=> '/home/sindresorhus/.config/MyApp-nodejs'
Note: It only generates the path strings. It doesn't create the directories for you. You could use
make-dirto create the directories.
Type:
string
Name of your project. Used to generate the paths.
Type:
object
Type:
string
'nodejs'
Don't use this option unless you really have to!
Suffix appended to the project name to avoid name conflicts with native
apps. Pass an empty string to disable it.
Directory for data files.
Directory for config files.
Directory for non-essential data files.
Directory for log files.
Directory for temporary files.