import * as path from 'path'; const Module = require('module') as NodeJS.ModuleInternal; // We do not want to allow use of the VM module in the renderer process as // it conflicts with Blink's V8::Context internal logic. if (process.type === 'renderer') { const _load = Module._load; Module._load = function (request: string) { if (request === 'vm') { console.warn('The vm module of Node.js is deprecated in the renderer process and will be removed.'); } return _load.apply(this, arguments as any); }; } // Prevent Node from adding paths outside this app to search paths. const resourcesPathWithTrailingSlash = process.resourcesPath + path.sep; const originalNodeModulePaths = Module._nodeModulePaths; Module._nodeModulePaths = function (from: string) { const paths: string[] = originalNodeModulePaths(from); const fromPath = path.resolve(from) + path.sep; // If "from" is outside the app then we do nothing. if (fromPath.startsWith(resourcesPathWithTrailingSlash)) { return paths.filter(function (candidate) { return candidate.startsWith(resourcesPathWithTrailingSlash); }); } else { return paths; } }; // Make a fake Electron module that we will insert into the module cache const makeElectronModule = (name: string) => { const electronModule = new Module('electron', null); electronModule.id = 'electron'; electronModule.loaded = true; electronModule.filename = name; Object.defineProperty(electronModule, 'exports', { get: () => require('electron') }); Module._cache[name] = electronModule; }; makeElectronModule('electron'); makeElectronModule('electron/common'); if (process.type === 'browser') { makeElectronModule('electron/main'); } if (process.type === 'renderer') { makeElectronModule('electron/renderer'); } const originalResolveFilename = Module._resolveFilename; // 'electron/main', 'electron/renderer' and 'electron/common' are module aliases // of the 'electron' module for TypeScript purposes, i.e., the types for // 'electron/main' consist of only main process modules, etc. It is intentional // that these can be `require()`-ed from both the main process as well as the // renderer process regardless of the names, they're superficial for TypeScript // only. const electronModuleNames = new Set(['electron', 'electron/main', 'electron/renderer', 'electron/common']); Module._resolveFilename = function (request, parent, isMain, options) { if (electronModuleNames.has(request)) { return 'electron'; } else { return originalResolveFilename(request, parent, isMain, options); } };