Make Raycast API `Applications` object return a Windows path as well.
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100
- Issue type
- Feature
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- typescript
Research direction
Start by reviewing the getApplications() entry point and the Applications object documented in the Raycast API reference. Reproduce the Windows result described for KeePassXC and trace how path and windowsAppId are populated. Done means Applications objects expose a valid Windows application path that extensions can use to locate installed tools.
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Description
Description
Hello there 👋🏻,
The Raycast API provides a getApplications() function to retrieve an existing application and some of its metadata. More precisely, it returns a list of Applications objects (here is the doc). Currently, Applications does not return valid paths on Windows unlike on macOS.
For an extension https://github.com/raycast/extensions/pull/22073#discussion_r2421579206, we want to retrieve a CLI installed with a software. The CLI and the software are both in the same folder:
C:\Program Files\KeePassXC\keepassxc-cli.exeC:\Program Files\KeePassXC\keepassxc.exe
Here is what we get from a getApplications call on Windows:
[
{
name: 'KeePassXC',
localizedName: undefined,
path: '/Applications/8570d9f0-9729-57a6-89cc-06429aab905e',
windowsAppId: '/Applications/8570d9f0-9729-57a6-89cc-06429aab905e'
}
]
So, if I get it correctly, the path should be a kind of symbolic link to the keepassxc.exe. Is there a built-in way in Raycast API (or planned) to have the Windows path?
Who will benefit from this feature?
Everyone trying to retrieve installed tools/application on Windows.
Anything else?
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