kocisov · October 2, 2018 18:13 · Oct 2, 2018
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
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+// main process then
+const { app } = require('electron')
+const fs = require('fs')
+
+const directory = app.getPath('home') // /home folder on OS X
+const cacheDirectory = `${directory}/twitch-bot-cache` // /home/twitch-bot-cache/
+const cacheDataFile = `${cacheDirectory}/data.json` // /home/twitch-bot-cache/data.json
+
+// "cached now" object
+let caches = {}
+
+// if cacheDirectory isn't available, we create it
+if (fs.existsSync(cacheDirectory) === false) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(cacheDirectory)
+}
+
+// fsCache object, contains functions, etc.
+export const fsCache = {
+  key(name, value) {
+    // example: fsCache.key('button', 'is green'), fsCache.key('super_button', { is: 'green' })
+    caches[name] = value
+    // rewrites cache file with new data
+    fs.writeFileSync(cacheDataFile, JSON.stringify(caches, null, 2))
+  }
+}
+
+export function readFromCache(file, callback) {
+  try {
+    // read cache file
+    const cacheContent = fs.readFileSync(
+      `${cacheDirectory}/${file}.json`,
+      'utf-8'
+    )
+
+    // run callback with file content (cached data, etc.)
+    callback(cacheContent)
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log('Error in Cache:', err)
+  }
+}