electron/lib/sandboxed_renderer/init.js

/* eslint no-eval: "off" */
/* global binding, preloadPath, Buffer */
const events = require('events')

process.atomBinding = require('../common/atom-binding-setup')(binding.get, 'renderer')

const v8Util = process.atomBinding('v8_util')
// The `lib/renderer/api/ipc-renderer.js` module looks for the ipc object in the
// "ipc" hidden value
v8Util.setHiddenValue(global, 'ipc', new events.EventEmitter())
// The process object created by browserify is not an event emitter, fix it so
// the API is more compatible with non-sandboxed renderers.
for (let prop of Object.keys(events.EventEmitter.prototype)) {
  if (process.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
    delete process[prop]
  }
}
Object.setPrototypeOf(process, events.EventEmitter.prototype)

const electron = require('electron')
const preloadModules = new Map([
  ['electron', electron]
])

// Fetch the preload script. This needs to be done through the browser process
// since we may not have filesystem access in a sandboxed renderer.
let preloadSrc = electron.ipcRenderer.sendSync('ELECTRON_BROWSER_READ_FILE', preloadPath)
if (preloadSrc.err) {
  throw new Error(preloadSrc.err)
}

// Pass different process object to the preload script(which should not have
// access to things like `process.atomBinding`).
const preloadProcess = new events.EventEmitter()
process.on('exit', () => preloadProcess.emit('exit'))

// This is the `require` function that will be visible to the preload script
function preloadRequire (module) {
  if (preloadModules.has(module)) {
    return preloadModules.get(module)
  }
  throw new Error('module not found')
}

// Wrap the script into a function executed in global scope. It won't have
// access to the current scope, so we'll expose a few objects as arguments:
//
// - `require`: The `preloadRequire` function
// - `process`: The `preloadProcess` object
// - `Buffer`: Browserify `Buffer` implementation
// - `global`: The window object, which is aliased to `global` by browserify.
//
// Browserify bundles can make use of an external require function as explained
// in https://github.com/substack/node-browserify#multiple-bundles, so electron
// apps can use multi-module preload scripts in sandboxed renderers.
//
// For example, the user can create a bundle with:
//
//     $ browserify -x electron preload.js > renderer.js
//
// and any `require('electron')` calls in `preload.js` will work as expected
// since browserify won't try to include `electron` in the bundle, falling back
// to the `preloadRequire` function above.
let preloadWrapperSrc = `(function(require, process, Buffer, global) {
${preloadSrc.data}
})`

// eval in window scope:
// http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-10.4.2
const geval = eval
let preloadFn = geval(preloadWrapperSrc)
preloadFn(preloadRequire, preloadProcess, Buffer, global)