path

The path module provides utilities for working with file and directory paths.

This package is also accessible with window.__TAURI__.path when build.withGlobalTauri in tauri.conf.json is set to true.

The APIs must be added to tauri.allowlist.path in tauri.conf.json:

{
  "tauri": {
    "allowlist": {
      "path": {
        "all": true, // enable all Path APIs
      }
    }
  }
}

It is recommended to allowlist only the APIs you use for optimal bundle size and security.

References

BaseDirectory

Re-exports BaseDirectory

Variables

delimiter

Const delimiter: ";" | ":"

Provides the platform-specific path segment delimiter:

• ; on Windows
• : on POSIX

Since: 1.0.0

Defined in: path.ts:660

sep

Const sep: "\\" | "/"

Provides the platform-specific path segment separator:

• \ on Windows
• / on POSIX

Since: 1.0.0

Defined in: path.ts:651

Functions

appCacheDir

appCacheDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the suggested directory for your app's cache files. Resolves to ${cacheDir}/${bundleIdentifier}, where bundleIdentifier is the value tauri.bundle.identifier is configured in tauri.conf.json.

Example

import { appCacheDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const appCacheDirPath = await appCacheDir();

Since: 1.2.0

Returns: Promise<string>

appConfigDir

appConfigDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the suggested directory for your app's config files. Resolves to ${configDir}/${bundleIdentifier}, where bundleIdentifier is the value tauri.bundle.identifier is configured in tauri.conf.json.

Example

import { appConfigDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const appConfigDirPath = await appConfigDir();

Since: 1.2.0

Returns: Promise<string>

appDataDir

appDataDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the suggested directory for your app's data files. Resolves to ${dataDir}/${bundleIdentifier}, where bundleIdentifier is the value tauri.bundle.identifier is configured in tauri.conf.json.

Example

import { appDataDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const appDataDirPath = await appDataDir();

Since: 1.2.0

Returns: Promise<string>

appDir

appDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the suggested directory for your app config files.

Deprecated

since 1.2.0: Will be removed in 2.0.0. Use appConfigDir or appDataDir instead.

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

appLocalDataDir

appLocalDataDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the suggested directory for your app's local data files. Resolves to ${localDataDir}/${bundleIdentifier}, where bundleIdentifier is the value tauri.bundle.identifier is configured in tauri.conf.json.

Example

import { appLocalDataDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const appLocalDataDirPath = await appLocalDataDir();

Since: 1.2.0

Returns: Promise<string>

appLogDir

appLogDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the suggested directory for your app's log files.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to ${configDir}/${bundleIdentifier}/logs.
• macOS: Resolves to ${homeDir}/Library/Logs/{bundleIdentifier}
• Windows: Resolves to ${configDir}/${bundleIdentifier}/logs.

Example

import { appLogDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const appLogDirPath = await appLogDir();

Since: 1.2.0

Returns: Promise<string>

audioDir

audioDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's audio directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to xdg-user-dirs' XDG_MUSIC_DIR.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Music.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_Music}.

Example

import { audioDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const audioDirPath = await audioDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

basename

basename(path: string, ext?: string): Promise<string>

Returns the last portion of a path. Trailing directory separators are ignored.

Example

import { basename, resolveResource } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const resourcePath = await resolveResource('app.conf');
const base = await basename(resourcePath);
assert(base === 'app.conf');

Since: 1.0.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	string	-
ext?	string	An optional file extension to be removed from the returned path.

Returns: Promise<string>

cacheDir

cacheDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's cache directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to $XDG_CACHE_HOME or $HOME/.cache.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Library/Caches.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_LocalAppData}.

Example

import { cacheDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const cacheDirPath = await cacheDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

configDir

configDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's config directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or $HOME/.config.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Library/Application Support.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_RoamingAppData}.

Example

import { configDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const configDirPath = await configDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

dataDir

dataDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's data directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to $XDG_DATA_HOME or $HOME/.local/share.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Library/Application Support.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_RoamingAppData}.

Example

import { dataDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const dataDirPath = await dataDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

desktopDir

desktopDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's desktop directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to xdg-user-dirs' XDG_DESKTOP_DIR.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Desktop.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_Desktop}.

Example

import { desktopDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const desktopPath = await desktopDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

dirname

dirname(path: string): Promise<string>

Returns the directory name of a path. Trailing directory separators are ignored.

Example

import { dirname, appDataDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const appDataDirPath = await appDataDir();
const dir = await dirname(appDataDirPath);

Since: 1.0.0

Parameters

Name	Type
path	string

Returns: Promise<string>

documentDir

documentDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's document directory.

Example

import { documentDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const documentDirPath = await documentDir();

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to xdg-user-dirs' XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Documents.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_Documents}.

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

downloadDir

downloadDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's download directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to xdg-user-dirs' XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Downloads.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_Downloads}.

Example

import { downloadDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const downloadDirPath = await downloadDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

executableDir

executableDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's executable directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to $XDG_BIN_HOME/../bin or $XDG_DATA_HOME/../bin or $HOME/.local/bin.
• macOS: Not supported.
• Windows: Not supported.

Example

import { executableDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const executableDirPath = await executableDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

extname

extname(path: string): Promise<string>

Returns the extension of the path.

Example

import { extname, resolveResource } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const resourcePath = await resolveResource('app.conf');
const ext = await extname(resourcePath);
assert(ext === 'conf');

Since: 1.0.0

Parameters

Name	Type
path	string

Returns: Promise<string>

fontDir

fontDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's font directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to $XDG_DATA_HOME/fonts or $HOME/.local/share/fonts.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Library/Fonts.
• Windows: Not supported.

Example

import { fontDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const fontDirPath = await fontDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

homeDir

homeDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's home directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to $HOME.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_Profile}.

Example

import { homeDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const homeDirPath = await homeDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

isAbsolute

isAbsolute(path: string): Promise<boolean>

Returns whether the path is absolute or not.

Example

import { isAbsolute } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
assert(await isAbsolute('/home/tauri'));

Since: 1.0.0

Parameters

Name	Type
path	string

Returns: Promise<boolean>

join

join(...paths: string[]): Promise<string>

Joins all given path segments together using the platform-specific separator as a delimiter, then normalizes the resulting path.

Example

import { join, appDataDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const appDataDirPath = await appDataDir();
const path = await join(appDataDirPath, 'users', 'tauri', 'avatar.png');

Since: 1.0.0

Parameters

Name	Type
...paths	string[]

Returns: Promise<string>

localDataDir

localDataDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's local data directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to $XDG_DATA_HOME or $HOME/.local/share.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Library/Application Support.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_LocalAppData}.

Example

import { localDataDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const localDataDirPath = await localDataDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

logDir

logDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the suggested log directory.

Deprecated

since 1.2.0: Will be removed in 2.0.0. Use appLogDir instead.

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

normalize

normalize(path: string): Promise<string>

Normalizes the given path, resolving '..' and '.' segments and resolve symbolic links.

Example

import { normalize, appDataDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const appDataDirPath = await appDataDir();
const path = await normalize(appDataDirPath, '..', 'users', 'tauri', 'avatar.png');

Since: 1.0.0

Parameters

Name	Type
path	string

Returns: Promise<string>

pictureDir

pictureDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's picture directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to xdg-user-dirs' XDG_PICTURES_DIR.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Pictures.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_Pictures}.

Example

import { pictureDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const pictureDirPath = await pictureDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

publicDir

publicDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's public directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to xdg-user-dirs' XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Public.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_Public}.

Example

import { publicDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const publicDirPath = await publicDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

resolve

resolve(...paths: string[]): Promise<string>

Resolves a sequence of paths or path segments into an absolute path.

Example

import { resolve, appDataDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const appDataDirPath = await appDataDir();
const path = await resolve(appDataDirPath, '..', 'users', 'tauri', 'avatar.png');

Since: 1.0.0

Parameters

Name	Type
...paths	string[]

Returns: Promise<string>

resolveResource

resolveResource(resourcePath: string): Promise<string>

Resolve the path to a resource file.

Example

import { resolveResource } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const resourcePath = await resolveResource('script.sh');

Since: 1.0.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
resourcePath	string	The path to the resource. Must follow the same syntax as defined in tauri.conf.json > tauri > bundle > resources, i.e. keeping subfolders and parent dir components (../).

Returns: Promise<string>

The full path to the resource.

resourceDir

resourceDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the application's resource directory. To resolve a resource path, see the [[resolveResource | resolveResource API]].

Example

import { resourceDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const resourceDirPath = await resourceDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

runtimeDir

runtimeDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's runtime directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.
• macOS: Not supported.
• Windows: Not supported.

Example

import { runtimeDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const runtimeDirPath = await runtimeDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

templateDir

templateDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's template directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to xdg-user-dirs' XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR.
• macOS: Not supported.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_Templates}.

Example

import { templateDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const templateDirPath = await templateDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>

videoDir

videoDir(): Promise<string>

Returns the path to the user's video directory.

Platform-specific

• Linux: Resolves to xdg-user-dirs' XDG_VIDEOS_DIR.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Movies.
• Windows: Resolves to {FOLDERID_Videos}.

Example

import { videoDir } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const videoDirPath = await videoDir();

Since: 1.0.0

Returns: Promise<string>