Error: translation is not loadable when app opened by Deeplink

[hohoaisan]

This is debug log when I open the Electron app by executing via shortcut (mainBindings function)

[2023-12-22 17:52:58.576] [info]  🚀🚀🚀 read { filename: './resources/assets/locales/en-US.json' }
[2023-12-22 17:52:58.578] [info]  🚀🚀🚀 read { filename: './resources/assets/locales/en.json' }
[2023-12-22 17:52:58.580] [info]  🚀🚀🚀 read {
  key: '1b07e6d3-a335-4871-911c-3beb7cac1ca4',
  error: "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\\Users\\[USER_NAME]\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\vme\\resources\\assets\\locales\\en-US.json'",
  data: ''
}
[2023-12-22 17:52:58.582] [info]  🚀🚀🚀 read {
  key: 'bd20c311-3807-4329-b41e-160205d21929',
  error: null,
  data: '{\n' +
    '  "language": "Language",\n' +
    '  "ok": "OK",\n' +
    '  "login_title": "Transform to avatars.",\n' +
[THE REST OF LOADED LANGUAGE FILE]

This is debug log when I open the Electron app by using deeplink

[2023-12-22 17:54:24.215] [info]  🚀🚀🚀 read { filename: './resources/assets/locales/en-US.json' }
[2023-12-22 17:54:24.216] [info]  🚀🚀🚀 read { filename: './resources/assets/locales/en.json' }
[2023-12-22 17:54:24.216] [info]  🚀🚀🚀 read {
  key: '59f8a538-0012-4ff2-9425-7740df36d0c2',
  error: "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\resources\\assets\\locales\\en-US.json'",
  data: ''
}
[2023-12-22 17:54:24.218] [info]  🚀🚀🚀 read {
  key: '4a83e727-27b0-49f6-b8fa-b8ad6f3d7fe3',
  error: "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\resources\\assets\\locales\\en.json'",
  data: ''
}
[2023-12-22 17:54:24.475] [error] Error: HttpError: 404 

The resource was miss calculated to C:\\Windows\\system32\\ when using deeplink, is there any possible workaround/fix?

i18n config:

const loadPath = './resources/assets/locales/{{lng}}.json';

i18n
  .use(i18nBackend)
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .use(LanguageDetector)
  .init({
    backend: {
      loadPath,
      contextBridgeApiKey: 'api', // needs to match first parameter of contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld in preload file; defaults to "api"
    },
    debug: false,
    fallbackLng: 'en',
    interpolation: {
      escapeValue: false, // react already safes from xss
    },
  });

[sparrow58]

I have the same problem... did you come up to a solution @hohoaisan

It happens whenever I open the app using another app

[hohoaisan]

@sparrow58 I couldn't access to the source code right now but the problem is due to fs module is not loaded to correct directory

Solution is finding the correct parent folder of ./resources/assets/locales/en-US.json (by accessing assets variable in ENV? I couldn't recall), then fake a "fs" instance in the main process, change its working directory to that folder, then pass it directly to i18next-electron-fs-backend, so that it can load correct folder instead of C:\\Windows\\system32\\

[sparrow58]

@hohoaisan I just found the solution, now my problem is fixed!

Add this to the beginning of your app
`const appPath = path.dirname(process.execPath)

process.chdir(appPath) // fix localization on deeplink
`