josephrcox
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1 year ago Great catch. There is a reason for this code, but you did find a mistake that I just fixed here https://github.com/josephrcox/easy-reddit-downloader/releases/tag/v0.1.8.1. You can just swap in the new index.js and package.json and you'll be good I think.
The reason for let config = require('./user_config_DEFAULT.json');:
When a new user downloads the downloader, they do not have a user_config.json. They do, however, have a default file that has the default settings. On first launch, the program uses the default values and creates the user_config.json file so that the user can customize their settings.
If the user gets the user_config.json messed up, instead of opening an issue or redownloading the repo, they can delete user_config.json and use the defaults. Or they can just copy and paste the default JSON object over.
Let me know if you have any questions!
On line 11 of index.js ( https://github.com/josephrcox/easy-reddit-downloader/blob/main/index.js#L11 ) should that be,
let config = require('./user_config.json');Instead of the
let config = require('./user_config_DEFAULT.json');?I was trying to use the user_config.json and noticed it kept sending me to the prompt even when testingMode was set to 'true.'
Was a minor change of course, just something I noticed.
Thanks.