import { expect } from 'chai' import * as path from 'path' import { ipcMain, BrowserWindow, WebContents, WebPreferences, webContents } from 'electron' import { emittedOnce } from './events-helpers' import { closeWindow } from './window-helpers' describe('ipcRenderer module', () => { const fixtures = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'spec', 'fixtures') let w: BrowserWindow before(async () => { w = new BrowserWindow({ show: false, webPreferences: { nodeIntegration: true } }) await w.loadURL('about:blank') }) after(async () => { await closeWindow(w) w = null as unknown as BrowserWindow }) describe('send()', () => { it('should work when sending an object containing id property', async () => { const obj = { id: 1, name: 'ly' } w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`{ const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron') ipcRenderer.send('message', ${JSON.stringify(obj)}) }`) const [, received] = await emittedOnce(ipcMain, 'message') expect(received).to.deep.equal(obj) }) it('can send instances of Date as Dates', async () => { const isoDate = new Date().toISOString() w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`{ const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron') ipcRenderer.send('message', new Date(${JSON.stringify(isoDate)})) }`) const [, received] = await emittedOnce(ipcMain, 'message') expect(received.toISOString()).to.equal(isoDate) }) it('can send instances of Buffer', async () => { const data = 'hello' w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`{ const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron') ipcRenderer.send('message', Buffer.from(${JSON.stringify(data)})) }`) const [, received] = await emittedOnce(ipcMain, 'message') expect(received).to.be.an.instanceOf(Uint8Array) expect(Buffer.from(data).equals(received)).to.be.true() }) it('throws when sending objects with DOM class prototypes', async () => { await expect(w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`{ const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron') ipcRenderer.send('message', document.location) }`)).to.eventually.be.rejected() }) it('does not crash when sending external objects', async () => { await expect(w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`{ const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron') const http = require('http') const request = http.request({ port: 5000, hostname: '127.0.0.1', method: 'GET', path: '/' }) const stream = request.agent.sockets['127.0.0.1:5000:'][0]._handle._externalStream ipcRenderer.send('message', stream) }`)).to.eventually.be.rejected() }) it('can send objects that both reference the same object', async () => { w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`{ const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron') const child = { hello: 'world' } const foo = { name: 'foo', child: child } const bar = { name: 'bar', child: child } const array = [foo, bar] ipcRenderer.send('message', array, foo, bar, child) }`) const child = { hello: 'world' } const foo = { name: 'foo', child: child } const bar = { name: 'bar', child: child } const array = [foo, bar] const [, arrayValue, fooValue, barValue, childValue] = await emittedOnce(ipcMain, 'message') expect(arrayValue).to.deep.equal(array) expect(fooValue).to.deep.equal(foo) expect(barValue).to.deep.equal(bar) expect(childValue).to.deep.equal(child) }) it('can handle cyclic references', async () => { w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`{ const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron') const array = [5] array.push(array) const child = { hello: 'world' } child.child = child ipcRenderer.send('message', array, child) }`) const [, arrayValue, childValue] = await emittedOnce(ipcMain, 'message') expect(arrayValue[0]).to.equal(5) expect(arrayValue[1]).to.equal(arrayValue) expect(childValue.hello).to.equal('world') expect(childValue.child).to.equal(childValue) }) }) describe('sendSync()', () => { it('can be replied to by setting event.returnValue', async () => { ipcMain.once('echo', (event, msg) => { event.returnValue = msg }) const msg = await w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`new Promise(resolve => { const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron') resolve(ipcRenderer.sendSync('echo', 'test')) })`) expect(msg).to.equal('test') }) }) describe('sendTo()', () => { const generateSpecs = (description: string, webPreferences: WebPreferences) => { describe(description, () => { let contents: WebContents const payload = 'Hello World!' before(async () => { contents = (webContents as any).create({ preload: path.join(fixtures, 'module', 'preload-ipc-ping-pong.js'), ...webPreferences }) await contents.loadURL('about:blank') }) after(() => { (contents as any).destroy() contents = null as unknown as WebContents }) it('sends message to WebContents', async () => { const data = await w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`new Promise(resolve => { const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron') ipcRenderer.sendTo(${contents.id}, 'ping', ${JSON.stringify(payload)}) ipcRenderer.once('pong', (event, data) => resolve(data)) })`) expect(data).to.equal(payload) }) it('sends message on channel with non-ASCII characters to WebContents', async () => { const data = await w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`new Promise(resolve => { const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron') ipcRenderer.sendTo(${contents.id}, 'ping-æøåü', ${JSON.stringify(payload)}) ipcRenderer.once('pong-æøåü', (event, data) => resolve(data)) })`) expect(data).to.equal(payload) }) }) } generateSpecs('without sandbox', {}) generateSpecs('with sandbox', { sandbox: true }) generateSpecs('with contextIsolation', { contextIsolation: true }) generateSpecs('with contextIsolation + sandbox', { contextIsolation: true, sandbox: true }) }) describe('ipcRenderer.on', () => { it('is not used for internals', async () => { const result = await w.webContents.executeJavaScript(` require('electron').ipcRenderer.eventNames() `) expect(result).to.deep.equal([]) }) }) })