Where to store SQLITE db file in electron production mode?

Question

I'm building portable node js server using electron. I'm using SQLITE database for storing data.

In development mode I put database file test.db in directory where is my Main.js file and everything is running perfectly.

When I deploy my app electron-builder --mac and run it, it cannot access to database file. (File not found)

So my question is where should I store my test.db file so it's working both in development and production mode?

Is it possible to embed db file somewhere while creating application for win/mac/linux so end user doesn't need to take care where is db file located?

Thank you

Answer 1

you can store it into application data,
const dbPath = path.join(app.getPath("userData"), "sample.db")

Check out docs here, https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/app#appgetpathname