From 02ccbc1f69ee984b3ce285065a303abb8400f82e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reto Brunner <reto@labrat.space>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:48:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] plugins: expose persistant data dir

Plugins need to be able to store persistant files, say settings or
databases or similar things.
Expose a standard location that gets created when the path is
accessed.
---
 src/plugins/packages/index.js | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/plugins/packages/index.js b/src/plugins/packages/index.js
index 47b9e7fb..a0edeb11 100644
--- a/src/plugins/packages/index.js
+++ b/src/plugins/packages/index.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const packageApis = function (packageInfo) {
 		},
 		Config: {
 			getConfig: () => Helper.config,
+			getPersistentStorageDir: getPersistentStorageDir.bind(this, packageInfo.packageName),
 		},
 		Logger: {
 			error: (...args) => log.error(...args),
@@ -87,6 +88,12 @@ function getEnabledPackages(packageJson) {
 	return [];
 }
 
+function getPersistentStorageDir(packageName) {
+	const dir = path.join(Helper.getPackagesPath(), packageName);
+	fs.mkdirSync(dir, {recursive: true}); // we don't care if it already exists or not
+	return dir;
+}
+
 function loadPackage(packageName) {
 	let packageInfo;
 	let packageFile;