how to get the basic information of windows system - electron

Question

I am a beginner of Electron and I wanna build an Electron App which can get the basic hardware information of a windows PC.
The text below lists what I want to get:
BIOS(Manufacturer , BIOS Version, release Date)
CPU
Memory,
Storage
Network
etc..
I have tried to use the 3rd party module(systeminformation), but the results are not what I wanted.
Does anybody know how to achieve this?

Answer 1

Below is some starter code to gather the desired information, primarily your BIOS information (as indicated in your comment).
This will only work on a Microsoft Windows machine (tested on Windows 10).
// Import the necessary Electron modules
const electronApp = require('electron').app;
const electronBrowserWindow = require('electron').BrowserWindow;
// Import the necessary Node modules
let nodeExec = require('child_process').exec;
const nodePath = require('path');
// Prevent garbage collection
let window;
function createWindow() {
window = new electronBrowserWindow({
x: 0,
y: 0,
width: 800,
height: 600,
show: false,
webPreferences: {
nodeIntegration: false,
contextIsolation: true,
preload: nodePath.join(__dirname, 'preload.js')
}
});
window.loadFile('index.html')
.then(() => { window.show(); });
return window;
}
electronApp.on('ready', () => {
window = createWindow();
});
electronApp.on('window-all-closed', () => {
if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
electronApp.quit();
}
});
electronApp.on('activate', () => {
if (electronBrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) {
createWindow();
}
});
// ---
function getBios() {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
nodeExec("reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System\\BIOS", (error, stdout, stderr) => {
if (error) { reject(error.message); }
if (stderr) { reject(stderr); }
resolve(stdout);
})
})
}
getBios()
.then((bios) => {
bios = JSON.stringify(bios);
bios = bios.replace(`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\\\HARDWARE\\\\DESCRIPTION\\\\System\\\\BIOS`, '');
bios = bios.replace(/^"\\r\\n\\r\\n|\\r\\n\\r\\n"/g, "");
let array = bios.split('\\r\\n');
let temp = [];
for (let line of array) {
temp.push(line.trim());
}
bios = [];
for (let line of temp) {
let item = line.split(' ');
let data = (item[2].startsWith('0x')) ? parseInt(item[2], 16) : item[2];
bios.push({
'name': item[0],
'type': item[1],
'data': data
})
}
console.log(bios);
})
Even though the above code could be tidied up and optimised, it will give you the general idea about how it is acquired and manipulated.
If the registry key (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS) changes between Window versions (EG: XP, 7, 8, 10, 11, etc) then you will need to detect which version of Windows the user is using first, then use the correct registry key corresponding to that version of Windows.