Node.js - Find home directory in platform agnostic way

Question

Process.platform returns \"win32\" for Windows. On Windows a user\'s home directory might be C:\\Users[USERNAME] or C:\\Documents and Settings[USERNAME] depending on which v

Answer 1

Well, it would be more accurate to rely on the feature and not a variable value. Especially as there are 2 possible variables for Windows.

function getUserHome() {
  return process.env.HOME || process.env.USERPROFILE;
}

EDIT: as mentioned in a more recent answer, https://stackoverflow.com/a/32556337/103396 is the right way to go (require('os').homedir()).