Environment

The Environment APIs are useful to get context about the setup in which your command runs. You can get information about the extension and command itself as well as Raycast. Furthermore, a few paths are injected and are helpful to construct file paths that are related to the command's assets.

API Reference

environment

Contains environment values such as the Raycast version, extension info, and paths.

Example

import { environment } from "@raycast/api";

export default async function Command() {
  console.log(`Raycast version: ${environment.raycastVersion}`);
  console.log(`Extension name: ${environment.extensionName}`);
  console.log(`Command name: ${environment.commandName}`);
  console.log(`Command mode: ${environment.commandMode}`);
  console.log(`Assets path: ${environment.assetsPath}`);
  console.log(`Support path: ${environment.supportPath}`);
  console.log(`Is development mode: ${environment.isDevelopment}`);
  console.log(`Appearance: ${environment.appearance}`);
  console.log(`Text size: ${environment.textSize}`);
  console.log(`LaunchType: ${environment.launchType}`);
}

Properties

Property	Description	Type
appearance*	The appearance used by the Raycast application.	"light" or "dark"
assetsPath*	The absolute path to the assets directory of the extension.	string
commandMode*	The mode of the launched command, as specified in package.json	"no-view" or "view" or "menu-bar"
commandName*	The name of the launched command, as specified in package.json	string
extensionName*	The name of the extension, as specified in package.json	string
isDevelopment*	Indicates whether the command is a development command (vs. an installed command from the Store).	boolean
launchType*	The type of launch for the command (user initiated or background).	LaunchType
raycastVersion*	The version of the main Raycast app	string
supportPath*	The absolute path for the support directory of an extension. Use it to read and write files related to your extension or command.	string
textSize*	The text size used by the Raycast application.	"medium" or "large"
canAccess*	Returns whether the user has access to the given API.	(api: unknown) => boolean

environment.canAccess

Checks whether the user can access a specific API or not.

Signature

function canAccess(api: any): bool;

Example

import { AI, showHUD, environment } from "@raycast/api";
import fs from "fs";

export default async function main() {
  if (environment.canAccess(AI)) {
    const answer = await AI.ask("Suggest 5 jazz songs");
    await Clipboard.copy(answer);
  } else {
    await showHUD("You don't have access :(");
  }
}

Return

A Boolean indicating whether the user running the command has access to the API.

getSelectedFinderItems

Gets the selected items from Finder.

Signature

async function getSelectedFinderItems(): Promise<FileSystemItem[]>;

Example

import { getSelectedFinderItems, showToast, Toast } from "@raycast/api";

export default async function Command() {
  try {
    const selectedItems = await getSelectedFinderItems();
    console.log(selectedItems);
  } catch (error) {
    await showToast({
      style: Toast.Style.Failure,
      title: "Cannot copy file path",
      message: String(error),
    });
  }
}

Return

A Promise that resolves with the selected file system items. If Finder is not the frontmost application, the promise will be rejected.

getSelectedText

Gets the selected text of the frontmost application.

Signature

async function getSelectedText(): Promise<string>;

Example

import { getSelectedText, Clipboard, showToast, Toast } from "@raycast/api";

export default async function Command() {
  try {
    const selectedText = await getSelectedText();
    const transformedText = selectedText.toUpperCase();
    await Clipboard.paste(transformedText);
  } catch (error) {
    await showToast({
      style: Toast.Style.Failure,
      title: "Cannot transform text",
      message: String(error),
    });
  }
}

Return

A Promise that resolves with the selected text. If no text is selected in the frontmost application, the promise will be rejected.

Types

FileSystemItem

Holds data about a File System item. Use the getSelectedFinderItems method to retrieve values.

Properties

Property	Description	Type
path*	The path to the item	string

LaunchType

Indicates the type of command launch. Use this to detect whether the command has been launched from the background.

Enumeration members

Name	Description
UserInitiated	A regular launch through user interaction
Background	Scheduled through an interval and launched from background