https://github.com/juliangruber/downloads-folder

Get the local downloads folder, for all major platforms
https://github.com/juliangruber/downloads-folder

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Get the local downloads folder, for all major platforms

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/juliangruber/downloads-folder
• Owner: juliangruber
• Created: 2016-05-26T20:50:53.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-19T01:18:38.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-17T19:58:02.082Z (26 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 1.14 MB
• Stars: 32
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Security: .github/SECURITY.md

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# downloads-folder

  Get the local downloads folder, for all major platforms.

## Usage

```js

const downloadsFolder = require('downloads-folder');

console.log(downloadsFolder());

```

## Installation

```bash

$ npm install downloads-folder

```

## API

### downloadsFolder()

Return the location of the downloads folder for the current platform.

__Warning__: On *nix, this will perform _synchronous_ operations, so don't

place it where concurrency is required. It's probably the best to just

determine this folder once when your application starts.

## Algorithm

- Mac OS X: `~/Downloads`

- Windows: `Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}` || `~/Downloads`

- *nix: `xdg-user-dir DOWNLOAD` || `~/Downloads` || `/tmp`

## License

MIT