Converting a string file path to vscode.Uri

Question

Is there a means to convert an object of type string to vscode.Uri? In my case I have a string as a result of vscode.workspace.rootPath that I'd like to join to a am the string that is a partial path of that rootPath. In a custom type I'm using, I'm extending vscode.TreeItem that has a Uri property of type vscode.Uri path.

For reasons unknown to me vscode.uri("c:\\some\\path") is not being liked by the compiler.

Is this a type that can even be converted to or from?

Answer 1

You can use the static Uri.file(path) function to create a vscode.Uri from a string file path:

let uri = vscode.Uri.file("c:\\some\\path");

To obtain the path in string form again, use fsPath:

let path = uri.fsPath; // c:\some\path

Something to be aware of is that the drive letter in Windows paths is normalized. So when doing a round-trip like this, it will be c: even if you originally started with C:. It will also replace / and \ depending on the current platform.