fix: use env if provided for desktop mode

api/.env.example

@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ PORT_WEB=[port for sasjs web component(react)] default value is 3000
 ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=<secret>
 REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=<secret>
 AUTH_CODE_SECRET=<secret>
-DB_CONNECT=mongodb+srv://<DB_USERNAME>:<DB_PASSWORD>@<CLUSTER>/<DB_NAME>?retryWrites=true&w=majority
+DB_CONNECT=mongodb+srv://<DB_USERNAME>:<DB_PASSWORD>@<CLUSTER>/<DB_NAME>?retryWrites=true&w=majority
+
+SAS_PATH=/opt/sas/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sas
+SAS_DRIVE=./tmp

api/package.json

@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@
     "typescript": "^4.3.2"
   },
   "configuration": {
-    "sasPath": "/opt/sas/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4"
+    "sasPath": "/opt/sas/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sas"
   }
 }

api/src/types/Process.d.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 declare namespace NodeJS {
   export interface Process {
     sasLoc: string
-    driveLoc?: string
+    driveLoc: string
     sessionController?: import('../controllers/internal').SessionController
   }
 }

api/src/utils/connectDB.ts

@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import mongoose from 'mongoose'
 import { configuration } from '../../package.json'
 import { getDesktopFields } from '.'
 import { populateClients } from '../routes/api/auth'
+import { getRealPath } from '@sasjs/utils'
 
 export const connectDB = async () => {
   // NOTE: when exporting app.js as agent for supertest
   // we should exlcude connecting to the real database
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
     const { MODE } = process.env
+
     if (MODE?.trim() !== 'server') {
       console.log('Running in Destop Mode, no DB to connect.')
 
@@ -16,16 +18,19 @@ export const connectDB = async () => {
 
       process.sasLoc = sasLoc
       process.driveLoc = driveLoc
+    } else {
+      const { SAS_PATH, DRIVE_PATH } = process.env
 
-      return
+      process.sasLoc = SAS_PATH ?? configuration.sasPath
+      process.driveLoc = getRealPath(
+        path.join(process.cwd(), DRIVE_PATH ?? 'tmp')
+      )
     }
 
-    const { SAS_PATH } = process.env
-    const sasDir = SAS_PATH ?? configuration.sasPath
-
-    process.sasLoc = path.join(sasDir, 'sas')
-
     console.log('sasLoc: ', process.sasLoc)
+    console.log('sasDrive: ', process.driveLoc)
+
+    if (MODE?.trim() !== 'server') return
 
     mongoose.connect(process.env.DB_CONNECT as string, async (err) => {
       if (err) throw err

api/src/utils/file.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import path from 'path'
-import { getRealPath } from '@sasjs/utils'
 
 export const apiRoot = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..')
 export const codebaseRoot = path.join(apiRoot, '..')
@@ -12,8 +11,7 @@ export const sysInitCompiledPath = path.join(
 export const getWebBuildFolderPath = () =>
   path.join(codebaseRoot, 'web', 'build')
 
-export const getTmpFolderPath = () =>
-  process.driveLoc ?? getRealPath(path.join(process.cwd(), 'tmp'))
+export const getTmpFolderPath = () => process.driveLoc
 
 export const getTmpFilesFolderPath = () =>
   path.join(getTmpFolderPath(), 'files')

api/src/utils/getDesktopFields.ts

@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import { createFolder, fileExists, folderExists } from '@sasjs/utils'
 const isWindows = () => process.platform === 'win32'
 
 export const getDesktopFields = async () => {
-  const sasLoc = await getSASLocation()
-  const driveLoc = await getDriveLocation()
+  const { SAS_PATH, DRIVE_PATH } = process.env
+
+  const sasLoc = SAS_PATH ?? (await getSASLocation())
+  const driveLoc = DRIVE_PATH ?? (await getDriveLocation())
 
   return { sasLoc, driveLoc }
 }