From 695509e267b45992f6bc287bcf0851e48462cd38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thiago de Arruda <tpadilha84@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 07:22:52 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add browser side support for reading files from renderer.

---
 lib/browser/rpc-server.js | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/browser/rpc-server.js b/lib/browser/rpc-server.js
index 31e5a37732c..447b12e3b28 100644
--- a/lib/browser/rpc-server.js
+++ b/lib/browser/rpc-server.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const electron = require('electron')
 const v8Util = process.atomBinding('v8_util')
 const {ipcMain, isPromise, webContents} = electron
 
+const fs = require('fs')
+
 const objectsRegistry = require('./objects-registry')
 
 const hasProp = {}.hasOwnProperty
@@ -235,6 +237,13 @@ ipcMain.on('ELECTRON_BROWSER_REQUIRE', function (event, module) {
   }
 })
 
+ipcMain.on('ELECTRON_BROWSER_READ_FILE', function (event, file) {
+  fs.readFile(file, (err, data) => {
+    if (err) event.returnValue = {err: err.message}
+    else event.returnValue = {data: data.toString()}
+  })
+})
+
 ipcMain.on('ELECTRON_BROWSER_GET_BUILTIN', function (event, module) {
   try {
     event.returnValue = valueToMeta(event.sender, electron[module])