Add command to start Foundry

Author: DFreds

build/start-foundry.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import fs from "fs-extra";
+import path from "path";
+import process from "process";
+import prompts from "prompts";
+import { dataPath, fvtt } from "../foundryconfig.json";
+import { exec } from "child_process";
+import { promisify } from "util";
+
+const fvttVersion = (
+    await prompts({
+        type: "select",
+        name: "value",
+        message: "Select the FoundryVTT version you want to use.",
+        choices: Object.keys(fvtt).map((version) => ({
+            title: version,
+            value: version,
+        })),
+    })
+).value as string;
+
+const fvttPath = fvtt[fvttVersion];
+
+if (!fvttPath) {
+    console.error(`FoundryVTT version "${fvttVersion}" not found.`);
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+if (!dataPath || !/\bData$/.test(dataPath)) {
+    console.error(`"${dataPath}" does not look like a Foundry data folder.`);
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const entryPoint = path.resolve(fvttPath, "resources", "app", "main.js");
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(entryPoint)) {
+    console.error(`Cannot start FoundryVTT. "${entryPoint}" does not exist.`);
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const execAsync = promisify(exec);
+
+const startFoundry = async () => {
+    console.log(`Starting FoundryVTT from ${entryPoint}...`);
+
+    try {
+        const { stdout, stderr } = await execAsync(
+            `node ${entryPoint} --datapath=${dataPath}`,
+        );
+        console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
+        if (stderr) console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error(error);
+    }
+};
+
+startFoundry().catch(console.error);

package.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         "stage": "tsc && npm run clean && vite build --mode stage",
         "dev": "tsc && npm run clean && vite build --mode development",
         "clean": "tsx ./build/clean.ts",
+        "foundry": "tsx ./build/start-foundry.ts",
         "hot": "vite serve",
         "watch": "tsc && npm run clean && vite build --watch --mode development",
         "link": "tsx ./build/link-foundry.ts",