Sqlite file in production

I’ve looked into #1410, #1316, #1115, and all issues in https://github.com/amilajack/erb-sqlite-example/, but I can’t seem to find the solution to package the app with a sqlite3 file.

This works in dev:

const dbPath = path.join(__dirname, 'db/database.db');
const db = new sqlite3.Database(dbPath);

I can read and write, but when packaging, I get Error: SQLITE_CANTOPEN: unable to open database file. Because the file .db file does not get packed into the final app. Any ideas?

Adding:

"extraFiles": [
    "app/db/database.db"
]

in package.json adds the file to Contents/app/db/database.db when its packed, but I’m still unable to read it. Not sure what’s the best solution

thanks!

[amilajack]

This is an ongoing issue with this boilerplate. I’m working to resolve this issue and am still experimenting. Will get back to you on this.

[anupamvijayvergia]

I’m using this and it works fine, Instead of packing database within the app, you can use as below.

const dbPath = (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') ? 'myDatabase.db' : path.resolve(app.getPath('userData'), 'myDatabase.db');