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[electron]Use electron as a Web Server
<!doctype html>
<html><head><script src="app.js"></script></head><body></body></html>
// utility
var console = {
log: function () {
var ipc = require('electron').ipcRenderer
var args = ["console"].concat([].slice.call(arguments));
return ipc.sendSync.apply(ipc, args)[0];
}
};
var quit = function () {
var ipc = require('electron').ipcRenderer
return ipc.sendSync("app", "quit")[0];
};
// server handler
window.addEventListener("load", function () {
var ipc = require('electron').ipcRenderer
ipc.on("request", function (event, req, port) {
var doc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument(req.url);
var h1 = doc.createElement("h1");
h1.textContent = "Hello DOM: " + req.url;
doc.body.appendChild(h1);
ipc.send(port, 200, {"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8"},
doc.documentElement.outerHTML);
});
}, false);
const {app, BrowserWindow} = require('electron')
// electron main
console.log(process.versions);
app.on("ready", function () {
var ipc = require('electron').ipcMain
ipc.on("console", function (ev) {
var args = [].slice.call(arguments, 1);
var r = console.log.apply(console, args);
ev.returnValue = [r];
});
ipc.on("app", function (ev, msg) {
var args = [].slice.call(arguments, 2);
ev.returnValue = [app[msg].apply(app, args)];
});
var window = new BrowserWindow({show: false});
window.loadURL("file://" + __dirname + "/app.html");
window.webContents.once("did-finish-load", function () {
var http = require("http");
var crypto = require("crypto");
var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
var port = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString("hex");
ipc.once(port, function (ev, status, head, body) {
res.writeHead(status, head);
res.end(body);
});
window.webContents.send("request", req, port);
});
server.listen(8000);
console.log("http://localhost:8000/");
});
});
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dirkk0 commented Jun 30, 2022

@draeder you are very welcome. Thanks for letting us know that it works for you!

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