node.js - Where to store a node_package specific settings on the client machine? -
i' have node_package bookiza (installed globally) posts/patches values receiving substrate using credentials taken off .rc file.
i'm saving .rc file inside module itself, @ usr/lib/node_modules/bookiza, can anywhere like. problem in storing inside package settings overwritten whenever user npm -g installs again, update package.
function updatebookizaconfig(res) { var bookizaconfig = json.parse(fs.readfilesync(path.join(__dirname, '..', '.bookizarc')).tostring()); bookizaconfig.token = res.body.key; bookizaconfig.username = res.body.username; bookizaconfig.email = res.body.email; fs.writefilesync(path.join(__dirname, '..', '.bookizarc'), json.stringify(bookizaconfig, null, 2)); // move or copy config file outside of package retain credentials upon package update. // cp('-r', path.join(__dirname, '..', '.bookizarc'), path.join(__dirname, '..', '..')); console.log(chalk.bold.cyan('registration successful')); } this works, note .dotfile file saved inside usr/lib/node_modules/ directory, sibling other global packages installed on machine. put settings file anywhere else on machine too, practice/standard way of doing this?
will better me put settings file inside usr/lib/node_modules/dots folder in future other package writers put .rc files?
users in comments have hit on solution, here record anyway:
npm recommends save user-specific config data in user's home directory rather in npm's modules directory, both because inconvenient persist settings, , because problem in multi-user environments.
there number of modules find user's home directory in cross-platform way put files in; https://www.npmjs.com/package/osenv
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