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Get the local downloads folder, for all major platforms

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downloads-folder

Get the local downloads folder, for all major platforms.

Usage

const downloadsFolder = require('downloads-folder');

console.log(downloadsFolder());

Installation

$ npm install downloads-folder

API

downloadsFolder()

Return the location of the downloads folder for the current platform.

Warning: On *nix, this will perform synchronous operations, so don't place it where concurrency is required. It's probably the best to just determine this folder once when your application starts.

Algorithm

Mac OS X: ~/Downloads
Windows: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B} || ~/Downloads
*nix: xdg-user-dir DOWNLOAD || ~/Downloads || /tmp

License

MIT

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downloads-folder's Issues

Is possible to install it for Node Red

Is possible to install this node for node-red?

[registry-js] Module parse failed: Unexpected character '�' from

There is an open issue on registry-js: desktop/registry-js#190

ERROR in ./node_modules/registry-js/build/Release/registry.node 1:0
Module parse failed: Unexpected character '�' (1:0)

I just wanted to bring it to your attention

FYI – registry-js fails to install on some systems

I've had some users complaining of broken installs (mattdesl/workshop-generative-art#10, mattdesl/canvas-sketch#96), I finally tracked it down to this module (more specifically, registry-js failing). In my case I plan to replace this with another solution that doesn't rely on Windows registry access, but wanted to just bring this to your attention so you are aware of the issue!

Cheers

Doesn't track windows download's folder move

On windows it's possible to move your downloads folder to a drive that your user folder isn't on, and in this situation this package will point to the incorrect downloads location. Unsure if there's an easy way to find this new location with node however.

Error handling when xdg-user-dir is not found

I was using this package as part of an integration test in a containerized environment, and I found out that my container does not have xdg-user-dir. Because of that, the following line causes my pipeline to exit prematurely:

dir = execSync('xdg-user-dir DOWNLOAD', { stdio: [0, 3, 3] });

Just wanted to check what does the [0, 3, 3] mean? Because I can't find it in the Node.js docs: https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_stdio

webpack error

What is exact webpack specification for your package?
I have these errors:

ERROR in ./node_modules/downloads-folder/index.js
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'child_process' in 'E:\Develop\Photoshop\UXP\c4-uxp-photoshop-plugin-spectrum-with-pure-javascript\node_modules\downloads-folder'
@ ./node_modules/downloads-folder/index.js 4:17-41
@ ./src/c4.js
@ ./src/actions.js
@ ./src/index.js

ERROR in ./node_modules/downloads-folder/index.js
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'fs' in 'E:\Develop\Photoshop\UXP\c4-uxp-photoshop-plugin-spectrum-with-pure-javascript\node_modules\downloads-folder'
@ ./node_modules/downloads-folder/index.js 5:17-30
@ ./src/c4.js
@ ./src/actions.js
@ ./src/index.js

ERROR in ./node_modules/registry-js/build/Release/registry.node 1:2
Module parse failed: Unexpected character '�' (1:2)
You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type, currently no loaders are configured to process this file. See https://webpack.js.org/concepts#loaders
(Source code omitted for this binary file)
@ ./node_modules/registry-js/dist/lib/registry.js 5:6-50
@ ./node_modules/registry-js/dist/lib/index.js
@ ./node_modules/downloads-folder/index.js
@ ./src/c4.js
@ ./src/actions.js
@ ./src/index.js

Thx
Karoly