electron-ipc-handle-invoke
ipcMain.handle() and ipcRenderer.invoke() polyfill.
Usage
$ npm install @tybys/electron-ipc-handle-invokeMain
import 'electron'
declare module 'electron' {
interface IpcMain {
handle (channel: string, listener: (event: any, ...args: any[]) => (Promise<void>) | (any)): void
handleOnce (channel: string, listener: (event: any, ...args: any[]) => (Promise<void>) | (any)): void
removeHandler (channel: string): void
}
}require('@tybys/electron-ipc-handle-invoke/main.js')
const { ipcMain } = require('electron')
ipcMain.handle('doSomething', (e, msg) => {
return msg
})Renderer
import 'electron'
declare module 'electron' {
interface IpcRenderer {
invoke(channel: string, ...args: any[]): Promise<any>;
}
}require('@tybys/electron-ipc-handle-invoke/renderer.js')
const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron')
ipcRenderer.invoke('doSomething', 'message').then(res => {
console.log(res === 'message') // true
}).catch(err => {
console.log(err)
})