[Feature Request]: Computer shutdown/sleep request

[JuanIrache]

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Problem Description

With Windows, you can use node's child_process exec to run the shutdown command and power the computer off, for example, if a long series of automated tasks has been left running overnight. On Mac and Linux this would need to be preceded by sudo, so it's not practical without breaking things, I believe.

Proposed Solution

Could some functions that instruct the OS to turn off or sleep be implemented as part od the API? Or does something like that already exist?

Alternatives Considered

I understand this topic may have security implications, but apps like Adobe Media Encoder do this, so there may be a way for the OS to allow this, right?

Additional Information

Thanks

[codebytere]

Thanks for reaching out!

Because we treat our issues list as the team's backlog, we close issues that are questions since they don't represent a task needing to be completed. This forum is for raising bugs or requesting new features, and for most questions about Electron there are a lot of more appropriate community options. There are helpful people in this Discord or the subreddit that should be willing to point you in the right direction.

Beyond that - I agree that the OS can do it, but this is something that should be done in e.g. a native Node.js module, and not a part of the core API.