Getting the parent folder

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Hello,
This used to work with Extendscript: > parentFolder = myFolder.parent;

How do I get the parent folder using UXP?

const fs = require(“uxp”).storage.localFileSystem;
const myFolder = await fs.getFolder();
const parentFolder = myFolder.parent; < return undefined
Thank you,
fred

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You can use getEntryFromUrl() and pass it an appropriately mutated version of the entry’s nativePath.
Here’s an similar example - note the need for manifest v5 and the appropriate access permissions set there in.

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Hi Timothy,
Thank you for your help. I managed to get the values by using:

const fs = require(“uxp”).storage.localFileSystem;
const myFolder = await fs.getFolder();

Path:
parentFolder = path.dirname(myFolder.nativePath);
Name:
const parentFolderName = path.basename(parentFolder);

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That’s ok if you just want it as a string, if you want to interact with the folder use the method above.