From 73f6fa75245d52d20e49789a64b5e3b1e3fe6fd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily <emily@kitsunes.eu>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:24:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixed the code so that it now returns the actual path of the
 file

---
 electron/main/preload.js | 3 +++
 electron/main/script.js  | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/electron/main/preload.js b/electron/main/preload.js
index 80eecb8..ec7ff05 100644
--- a/electron/main/preload.js
+++ b/electron/main/preload.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ try {
     contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("extractor", {
         extract: (file) => ipcRenderer.send("extract", file)
     })
+    contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("electronAPI", {
+        getFilePath: (file) => {return webUtils.getPathForFile(file)}
+    })
 } catch (error) {
     console.log("Error in preload.js");
 }
diff --git a/electron/main/script.js b/electron/main/script.js
index 244b557..b947cdb 100644
--- a/electron/main/script.js
+++ b/electron/main/script.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function checkBoxes() {
 
     if(isChecked){
       //Code to submit the video
-      var pathTest = fileName.textContent + "";
+      var pathTest = window.electronAPI.getFilePath(videoUpload.files[0]);
       if(pathTest.endsWith(".mp4") || holdy.endsWith(".mov") || holdy.endsWith(".avi") || holdy.endsWith( ".mkv")){
         window.extractor.extract({inputVideoPath: pathTest, outputType:"wav"})
       }
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function checkBoxes() {
       alert('Please select at least one document type.');
     }
   } catch (error) {
-    console.log("Error")
+    console.log(error)
   }
   
 // mapFunctions.get("extraction-video-to-audio").function({inputVideoPath:"./a.mp4", outputType:"wav"})