Nedb not working after packaging Electron App.

[zlindaz2411]

I use Nedb for loading and saving notes. However, after I packaged my Electron App.

Code in index.js

var userData = app.getAppPath('userData'); let db_graphs = new Datastore({ filename: userData+'/graphs.db', autoload: true}); db_graphs.loadDatabase();

[joephon]

I hit the same issue @zlindaz2411

[Lastofthefirst]

I am having the same issue, I set up NEBD following this article, and packaged following these instructions. I am not sure where to start debugging the packaging process.

Have you found any solutions yet? @zlindaz2411 @joephon

[alectrocute]

attn - @zlindaz2411 @joephon @Lastofthefirst

Have any of you tried using path.join() when declaring your Datastore?

This issue happens a lot in the Electron universe, and it's not really an issue with nedb, but rather static file paths.

Give something like this a go:

const path = require("path");
let db_graphs = new Datastore({ filename: path.join(userData, 'database.db'), autoload: true});

Also, try changing the location of the .db file and/or utilize the process API:

const path = require("path");
let db_graphs = new Datastore({ filename: path.join(process.env.APPDATA, 'database.db'), autoload: true});

I'm curious – Don't have time to test, but let me know what happens! I know one of these methods (or one similar) work, but it's been years so I forget which method is the ticket! 😭

[Lastofthefirst]

Thanks for the reply, here is what ended up working for me:

const dbFactory = (fileName) => Datastore.create({ filename: (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'dev' ? ${__dirname}/.. : process.resourcesPath) + /data/${fileName}, timestampData: true, autoload: true });