Reading config file from nodejs sidecar | Tauri Apps | Page 1

chrome monolith Dec 12, 2023, 6:20 AM

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I have a nodejs binary packaged using pkg. It reads config file default.json. I can see I can run the binary as a sidecar but don't know how I can include the config file. Is there a solution?

wooden pendant Dec 12, 2023, 6:21 AM

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You can include it as a resource.

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You could then pass the location of the config file to the Node.js binary as an arg when starting it as a sidecar.

chrome monolith Dec 12, 2023, 6:24 AM

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Hmm, thanks for the idea. I will give it a shot.

chrome monolith Dec 12, 2023, 6:43 AM

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So my nodejs app uses https://www.npmjs.com/package/config for config management. I see in the docs I can set a NODE_CONFIG_DIR environment variable to specify the location. Is it possible to set an environment variable in Tauri prior to running the binary in a sidecar?

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config

Configuration control for production node deployments. Latest version: 3.3.9, last published: a year ago. Start using config in your project by running npm i config. There are 4773 other projects in the npm registry using config.

wooden pendant Dec 12, 2023, 6:46 AM

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Yes, you can use .env("key", "value") for that.

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