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electron-rpc

v2.0.1

Published

A lightweight rpc-style wrapper for the ipc module of electron

Downloads

33

Readme

electron-rpc

A lightweight wrapper around the ipc module of electron

This module is only compatible with Electron. It won't work in nodejs directly.

Please use [email protected] if you're using electron >= v0.35.0. The ipc module api changed with that version.

Server API

var Server = require('electron-rpc/server')
var server = new Server()
server.configure(webContents)
server.send(action[, body])
server.on(action, callback)
server.destroy()

Client API

var Client = require('electron-rpc/client')
var client = new Client()
client.request(action[, body][, callback])
client.on(action, callback)
client.removeListener(action, callback)
client.destroy()

Usage

Server side
var Server = require('electron-rpc/server')
var app = new Server()
app.configure(window.webContents) // pass a BrowserWindow.webContents[1] object

app.on('some-action', function(req, next){
  // req consists of id, action, body
  someAsyncRequest(function(err, data){
    if (err) return next(err)
    next(null, data)
  })
})

app.on('some-action-without-callback', function(req){
    console.log('foo')
})

// You can also send messages without triggering a request on the client
app.send('some-server-message', 'bar')

Here's the documentation about the BrowserWindow.webContents object.

Client side
var Client = require('electron-rpc/client')
client = new Client()

client.request('some-action', function(err, body) {
  console.log('Error from someAsyncRequest:', err)
  console.log('Body from someAsyncRequest:', body)
})


client.request('some-action-without-callback')

client.on('some-server-message', function(err, body){
    console.log('foo:', body)
})

To close the connections, you can use server.destroy() or client.destroy().