node-file-dialog

Opens file dialog gui in nodejs server side

Compatibilty

Currently supports 64 bit architecture only

Getting Started

Installation

npm install node-file-dialog

Usage

The configuration supports following dialog types

• directory: Opens directory selection prompt
• save-file: Opens save file prompt
• open-file: Opens open file prompt
• open-files: Opens open file prompt where multiple files can be selected

const dialog = require('node-file-dialog')
const config={type:'directory'}
dialog(config)
    .then(dir => console.log(dir))
    .catch(err => console.log(err))

It returns a promise with the list of selected files

[ '/path/to/selected/folder/or/files', ... ]

If nothing is selected, It throws an error

Error: Nothing selected