Fix: Kiota extension works without a workspace folder open

vscode/microsoft-kiota/src/kiotaInterop.ts

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import { getWorkspaceJsonDirectory } from "./util";
 export async function connectToKiota<T>(context: vscode.ExtensionContext, callback:(connection: rpc.MessageConnection) => Promise<T | undefined>): Promise<T | undefined> {
   const kiotaPath = getKiotaPath(context);
   await ensureKiotaIsPresent(context);
+  const workspaceDirectory = getWorkspaceJsonDirectory();
   const childProcess = cp.spawn(kiotaPath, ["rpc"],{
-    cwd: vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders && vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders.length > 0 ? vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders[0].uri.fsPath : getWorkspaceJsonDirectory(),
+    cwd: vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders && vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders.length > 0 ? vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders[0].uri.fsPath : workspaceDirectory,
     env: {
         ...process.env,
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention

vscode/microsoft-kiota/src/steps.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { QuickPickItem, window, Disposable, QuickInputButton, QuickInput, QuickInputButtons, workspace, l10n, Uri, OpenDialogOptions } from 'vscode';
 import { allGenerationLanguages, generationLanguageToString, KiotaSearchResultItem, LanguagesInformation, maturityLevelToString } from './kiotaInterop';
-import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { getWorkspaceJsonDirectory } from './util';
 
 export async function filterSteps(existingFilter: string, filterCallback: (searchQuery: string) => void) {
@@ -110,9 +109,7 @@ export async function generateSteps(existingConfiguration: Partial<GenerateState
         state.outputPath = workspace.asRelativePath(state.outputPath);
         }
         const workspaceFolder = getWorkspaceJsonDirectory();
-        if (!fs.existsSync(workspaceFolder)) {
-            fs.mkdirSync(workspaceFolder, { recursive: true });
-        }
+
 
     let step = 1;
     let totalSteps = 4;

vscode/microsoft-kiota/src/util.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { APIMANIFEST, CLIENT, CLIENTS, KIOTA_DIRECTORY, KIOTA_WORKSPACE_FILE, PLUGIN, PLUGINS } from './constants';
 
 const clientTypes = [CLIENT, CLIENTS];
@@ -29,9 +30,11 @@ export function getWorkspaceJsonPath(): string {
 };
 
 export function getWorkspaceJsonDirectory(): string {
-  return path.join(
-      vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders && vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders.length > 0 ?
-          vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders[0].uri.fsPath :
-          process.env.HOME ?? process.env.USERPROFILE ?? process.cwd(),
-      'kiota');
+  const workspaceFolder = path.join(vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders && vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders.length > 0 ?
+  vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders[0].uri.fsPath :
+  process.env.HOME ?? process.env.USERPROFILE ?? process.cwd(),'kiota');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(workspaceFolder)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(workspaceFolder, { recursive: true });
+}
+  return workspaceFolder;
 }