session API

The session api provides you with information on the current user’s coding session in the workspace.

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Usage

import { session } from '@replit/extensions';

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Methods

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session.onActiveFileChange

Sets up a listener to handle when the active file is changed

onActiveFileChange(listener: OnActiveFileChangeListener): DisposerFunction

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session.getActiveFile

Returns the current file the user is focusing

getActiveFile(): Promise<null | string>

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Types

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DisposerFunction

A cleanup/disposer function (void)

() => void

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OnActiveFileChangeListener

Fires when the current user switches to a different file/tool in the workspace. Returns null if the current file/tool cannot be found in the filesystem.

(file: string | ) => void