Getting date inside the config.js

[cookblook]

Hello,

is there an option/way to get the current date (day, month) inside the config.js. I need this to config a module.

thanks

[cowboysdude]

You could look at an npm module ‘fs’… that reads and writes to files. :) This one should work

https://www.npmjs.com/package/fs

Here’s some examples: https://code-maven.com/reading-a-file-with-nodejs

Here’s a snippet from one of my modules:

fileWrite: function() {
        fs.writeFile(this.path, JSON.stringify(this.recipe), function(err) {
            if (err) {
                return console.log(err);
            }
            console.log("The Recipe file was saved!");
        });
    },

[sdetweil]

@cowboysdude no. He wants to get the date/time value dynamically on his module config strings. You can certainly get it in the code, either module or helper