electron-node-loader
v1.2.0
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A webpack loader that allows you loader native Node addons inside an Electron app.
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electron-node-loader
This Webpack modules allows you to load a native Node.js C++ addon that can be shipped inside an Electron application.
Usage:
Let's picture an application folder:
project/
├── dist/
├── src/
│ └── main.js
└── scripts/
└── addon.node
From your JavaScript code, you should be importing your custom module that way:
import * as addon from '../scripts/addon.node';
...
addon.doStuff();
When building your Electron app during development, add this rule to your Webpack config file:
loaders: [
{
test: /\.node?$/,
use: [
{
loader: 'electron-node-loader',
options: {
folder: 'scripts'
}
}
]
}
]
If you're using electorn-builder
for production, just add prod: true
to the options
object of the loader. You also need to add these lines in your package.json
:
"files": [
"!scripts",
],
"extraResources": [
"scripts/*.node",
]
That way, your native addons with be shipped in a special resources
directory inside of your app and your production JavaScript will be looking for them at runtime with a relative path.