import { ipcMain, BrowserWindow } from 'electron/main'; import { expect } from 'chai'; import { once } from 'node:events'; import { closeWindow } from './lib/window-helpers'; describe('ipcRenderer module', () => { let w: BrowserWindow; before(async () => { w = new BrowserWindow({ show: false, webPreferences: { nodeIntegration: true, nodeIntegrationInSubFrames: true, contextIsolation: false } }); 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', ${JSON.stringify(obj)}) }`); const [, received] = await once(ipcMain, 'message'); expect(received).to.deep.equal(obj); }); it('can send instances of Date as Dates', async () => { const isoDate = new Date().toISOString(); w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`{ const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron') ipcRenderer.send('message', new Date(${JSON.stringify(isoDate)})) }`); const [, received] = await once(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 once(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('node: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 }; const bar = { name: 'bar', child }; const array = [foo, bar]; const [, arrayValue, fooValue, barValue, childValue] = await once(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 once(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('ipcRenderer.on', () => { it('is not used for internals', async () => { const result = await w.webContents.executeJavaScript(` require('electron').ipcRenderer.eventNames() `); expect(result).to.deep.equal([]); }); }); describe('after context is released', () => { it('throws an exception', async () => { const error = await w.webContents.executeJavaScript(`(${() => { const child = window.open('', 'child', 'show=no,nodeIntegration=yes')! as any; const childIpc = child.require('electron').ipcRenderer; child.close(); return new Promise(resolve => { setInterval(() => { try { childIpc.send('hello'); } catch (e) { resolve(e); } }, 16); }); }})()`); expect(error).to.have.property('message', 'IPC method called after context was released'); }); }); });