feat: add ipcRenderer.invoke() (#18449)

lib/browser/api/web-contents.js

@@ -326,6 +326,19 @@ WebContents.prototype._init = function () {
     }
   })
 
+  this.on('-ipc-invoke', function (event, channel, args) {
+    event._reply = (result) => event.sendReply({ result })
+    event._throw = (error) => {
+      console.error(`Error occurred in handler for '${channel}':`, error)
+      event.sendReply({ error: error.toString() })
+    }
+    if (ipcMain._invokeHandlers.has(channel)) {
+      ipcMain._invokeHandlers.get(channel)(event, ...args)
+    } else {
+      event._throw(`No handler registered for '${channel}'`)
+    }
+  })
+
   this.on('-ipc-message-sync', function (event, internal, channel, args) {
     addReturnValueToEvent(event)
     if (internal) {