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2.1 KiB
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84 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
# Online/Offline Event Detection
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Online and offline event detection can be implemented in the renderer process
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using standard HTML5 APIs, as shown in the following example.
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_main.js_
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```javascript
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const electron = require('electron');
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const app = electron.app;
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const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow;
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var onlineStatusWindow;
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app.on('ready', function() {
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onlineStatusWindow = new BrowserWindow({ width: 0, height: 0, show: false });
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onlineStatusWindow.loadURL('file://' + __dirname + '/online-status.html');
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});
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```
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_online-status.html_
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```html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html>
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<body>
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<script>
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var alertOnlineStatus = function() {
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window.alert(navigator.onLine ? 'online' : 'offline');
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};
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window.addEventListener('online', alertOnlineStatus);
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window.addEventListener('offline', alertOnlineStatus);
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alertOnlineStatus();
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</script>
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</body>
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</html>
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```
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There may be instances where you want to respond to these events in the
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main process as well. The main process however does not have a
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`navigator` object and thus cannot detect these events directly. Using
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Electron's inter-process communication utilities, the events can be forwarded
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to the main process and handled as needed, as shown in the following example.
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_main.js_
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```javascript
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const electron = require('electron');
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const app = electron.app;
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const ipcMain = electron.ipcMain;
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const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow;
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var onlineStatusWindow;
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app.on('ready', function() {
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onlineStatusWindow = new BrowserWindow({ width: 0, height: 0, show: false });
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onlineStatusWindow.loadURL('file://' + __dirname + '/online-status.html');
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});
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ipcMain.on('online-status-changed', function(event, status) {
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console.log(status);
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});
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```
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_online-status.html_
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```html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html>
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<body>
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<script>
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const ipcRenderer = require('electron').ipcRenderer;
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var updateOnlineStatus = function() {
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ipcRenderer.send('online-status-changed', navigator.onLine ? 'online' : 'offline');
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};
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window.addEventListener('online', updateOnlineStatus);
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window.addEventListener('offline', updateOnlineStatus);
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updateOnlineStatus();
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</script>
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</body>
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</html>
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```
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