Find data directory location programatically [macOS]

ptujec · June 17, 2023

Hi! I am looking for a way to find out the data directory location (as well as the linked attachment base directory) programmatically on macOS. No luck with ~/Library/Preferences/org.zotero.zotero.plist.

tim820 · June 17, 2023

Not sure about LABD, but this function works in Tools\Developer\Run Javascript ...
Zotero.DataDirectory.dir

dstillman · June 17, 2023

I assume @ptujec means from outside of Zotero.

It's just the extensions.zotero.dataDir line in prefs.js in the Zotero profile directory. If not set, it's ~/Zotero.

LABD is extensions.zotero.baseAttachmentPath

ptujec · June 17, 2023

Yes. Thank you!