Accessing filesystem in Angular 2 app using Electron

Question

I know that Angular 2 is run on a web browser, which does not have access to the file system.

However, I\'m using Electron as my front-end, and also running the app

Answer 1

I'm late to the party but I also stumbled upon this problem recently. To the late comers, you can use ngx-fs

https://github.com/Inoverse/ngx-fs

Usage:

const fs = this._fsService.fs as any;
fs.readdir("\\", function (err, items) {
   if (err) {
      return;
   }
   for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
     console.log(items[i]);
   }
});