Get the path to the static folder

[lcswillems]

Feature request

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I would like to get the path to the static folder.

Such a function / variable is built-in in other frameworks like Laravel: https://laravel.com/docs/6.x/helpers#method-public-path

What I tried

I tried to get it with __dirname or ./ or process.cwd(), it works but the command depends either on the location of the file containing it or the location where the script is executed.

Hence, this is not convenient, because I have to modify my command if I move my file or execute the script from another place. For example, my app works locally but not on production using Now.

[gurkerl83]

This ability is also relevant for other plugins such as next-i18next. Here the static folder / in the future perhaps the public folder includes translation files which are required to load from a deployed, server near function.

Hopefully one of the main contributors can shine some light on that issue, thx.

[StarpTech]

I don't know if I understand your issue correctly. Files are served with the static directory as described here. You can just use /static/<any-file>.

[lcswillems]

I would like to read the file using fs.readFileSync, not to get through http. As @gurkerl83 mention it, it is useful for internationalization and reading locales defined in the static folder.

[StarpTech]

Then read the file relative to your next.js root project "static" is fixed.

[gurkerl83]

It is probably related with this issue - #8251. A merge request exists #8334

[lcswillems]

If I use a relative path, then if I move the file containing the code, I need to modify the code of the file for example. If my code is in a package, then the path is different, etc... This is not ideal from my point of view.

[Timer]

Duplicate of #8251 (comment)

[balazsorban44]

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