How to get folder path using electron

Issue

I am very new to the electron. Can anyone suggest me how to get a local folder's relative path using the electron? JavaScript does not have that capability.

I have a Choose File button(see snapshot), so my question is that when I select a folder and click on the open button then it should return a whole directory path.

Solution

As @phuongle pointed out in the comments you want to use showOpenDialog(). Something like this:

var remote = require('remote');
var dialog = remote.require('electron').dialog;

var path = dialog.showOpenDialog({
    properties: ['openDirectory']
});

UPDATE: If the above isn't working for your current Electron version, you should try more modern importing:

const {dialog} = require('electron').remote;

In addition, in order to use remote, you need to set enableRemoteModule when creating your window in your main process:

const myWindow = new BrowserWindow({
    webPreferences: {
        enableRemoteModule: true
    }
});

Answered By - Teak