Platform class

Information about the environment in which the current program is running.

Platform provides information such as the operating system, the hostname of the computer, the value of environment variables, the path to the running program, and so on.

Get the URI to the current Dart script

Use the script getter to get the URI to the currently running Dart script.

import 'dart:io' show Platform;

void main() {
  // Get the URI of the script being run.
  var uri = Platform.script;
  // Convert the URI to a path.
  var path = uri.toFilePath();
}

Get the value of an environment variable

The environment getter returns a the names and values of environment variables in a Map that contains key-value pairs of strings. The Map is unmodifiable. This sample shows how to get the value of the PATH environment variable.

import 'dart:io' show Platform;

void main() {
  Map<String, String> envVars = Platform.environment;
  print(envVars['PATH']);
}

Determine the OS

You can get the name of the operating system as a string with the operatingSystem getter. You can also use one of the static boolean getters: isMacOS, isLinux, and isWindows.

import 'dart:io' show Platform, stdout;

void main() {
  // Get the operating system as a string.
  String os = Platform.operatingSystem;
  // Or, use a predicate getter.
  if (Platform.isMacOS) {
    print('is a Mac');
  } else {
    print('is not a Mac');
  }
}

Other resources

Dart by Example provides additional task-oriented code samples that show how to use various API from the dart:io library.

Static Properties

environment → Map<String, String> read-only: The environment for this process as a map from string key to string value.
executable → String read-only: The path of the executable used to run the script in this isolate.
executableArguments → List<String> read-only: The flags passed to the executable used to run the script in this isolate.
isAndroid → bool final: Whether the operating system is a version of Android.
isFuchsia → bool final: Whether the operating system is a version of Fuchsia.
isIOS → bool final: Whether the operating system is a version of iOS.
isLinux → bool final: Whether the operating system is a version of Linux.
isMacOS → bool final: Whether the operating system is a version of macOS.
isWindows → bool final: Whether the operating system is a version of Microsoft Windows.
localeName → String read-only: Get the name of the current locale.
localHostname → String read-only: The local hostname for the system.
numberOfProcessors → int read-only: The number of individual execution units of the machine.
operatingSystem → String read-only: A string representing the operating system or platform.
packageConfig → String read-only: The --packages flag passed to the executable used to run the script in this isolate.
packageRoot → String read-only: The --package-root flag passed to the executable used to run the script in this isolate.
pathSeparator → String read-only: The path separator used by the operating system to separate components in file paths.
resolvedExecutable → String read-only: The path of the executable used to run the script in this isolate after it has been resolved by the OS.
script → Uri read-only: The absolute URI of the script being run in this isolate.
version → String read-only: The version of the current Dart runtime.

Constructors

Platform()

Properties

hashCode → int read-only, inherited: The hash code for this object.
runtimeType → Type read-only, inherited: A representation of the runtime type of the object.

Operators

operator ==(other) → bool inherited: The equality operator.

Methods

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic inherited: Invoked when a non-existent method or property is accessed.
toString() → String inherited: Returns a string representation of this object.

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