electron-url

A simple way to load a file/url in electron using patterns.

Install

npm install --save electron-url

Usage

//Import dependencies
var electron = require('electron');
var electronUrl = require('electron-url'); 
var path = require('path');

//Import electron modules
var app = electron.app;
var BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow; 

//Initialize the url pattern 
electronUrl.pattern(path.join('file://' + __dirname, './{file}')); 

//Initialize the app 
app.on('ready', function()
{
  //Create the new window
  var mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600 });

  //More app configuration
  // ....

  //Load the file
  electronUrl.load(mainWindow, { file: 'index.html' });
});

API

.load(window, replace)

Load a file or an url on the window.

window

A BrowserWindow object where you want to load the url or file. Read the electron documentation for more info.

replace

An object where each key will be replaced on the url pattern with the value provided.

For example, on the following url pattern:

file://{path}/{file}.html

If you provide the following replace object:

{ "path": "my/path", "file": "test" }

The following url will be generated:

file://my/path/test.html

.pattern(value)

Set the default pattern.

value

A string with the pattern.

Related

• electron-ejs: use ejs files in electron.

License

MIT LICENSE © Josemi Juanes.