Electron Menu to Template

electron_menu_to_template.js

// I wanted to have the default electron menu as template for changes and couldn't find anything online. hope it would help someone....
// I'll upload the result as another gist

function MenuItem2object(item) {
    if (item == null){ return null;}
    if (item.constructor.name == 'MenuItem') {
        return {label: item.label, accelerator: item.accelerator, role: item.role, commandId: item.commandId, submenu: MenuItem2object(item.submenu)}
    }
    else if ( item.constructor.name == 'Menu') {
        return item.items.map(item => MenuItem2object(item))
    }
    return null;
}

template_string = JSON.stringify(MenuItem2object(Menu.getApplicationMenu())).replace(/"([a-zA-Z]+)":(.+?),/g, '$1: $2,').replace(/"submenu":/g, 'submenu: ')