electron/lib/renderer/api/ipc-renderer.js

'use strict'

const binding = process.atomBinding('ipc')
const v8Util = process.atomBinding('v8_util')

// Created by init.js.
const ipcRenderer = v8Util.getHiddenValue(global, 'ipc')
const internal = false

ipcRenderer.send = function (...args) {
  return binding.send('-ipc-message', args)
}

ipcRenderer.sendSync = function (...args) {
  return binding.sendSync('-ipc-message-sync', args)[0]
}

ipcRenderer.sendToHost = function (...args) {
  return binding.send('ipc-message-host', args)
}

ipcRenderer.sendTo = function (webContentsId, channel, ...args) {
  return binding.sendTo(internal, false, webContentsId, channel, args)
}

ipcRenderer.sendToAll = function (webContentsId, channel, ...args) {
  return binding.sendTo(internal, true, webContentsId, channel, args)
}

module.exports = ipcRenderer