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'

Type: string

Name of your project. Used to generate the paths.

Type: Object

Type: string
Default: '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.

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