createHeadlessCollaborativeEditor.js

"use strict";

import type { LexicalEditor, LexicalNode } from "Lexical";
import type { Binding, Provider } from "LexicalYjs";

import {
  createBinding,
  syncLexicalUpdateToYjs,
  syncYjsChangesToLexical,
} from "LexicalYjs";

import { Doc, encodeStateAsUpdate } from "yjs";

export default function headlessConvertYDocStateToLexicalJSON(
  nodes: Array<Class<LexicalNode>>,
  yDocState: Uint8Array
): SerializedEditorState {
  const { binding, editor } = createHeadlessCollaborationEditor(nodes);
  applyUpdate(binding.doc, yDocState, { isUpdateRemote: true });
  editor.update(() => {}, { discrete: true });
  return editor.getEditorState().toJSON();
}

/**
 * Creates headless collaboration editor with no-op provider (since it won't
 * connect to message distribution infra) and binding. It also sets up
 * bi-directional synchronization between yDoc and editor
 */
function createHeadlessCollaborationEditor(nodes: Array<Class<LexicalNode>>): {
  editor: LexicalEditor,
  provider: Provider,
  binding: Binding,
} {
  const editor = createEditor({
    headless: true,
    namespace: "headless",
    nodes,
    onError: (error) => {
      throw error;
    },
  });
  const id = "main";
  const doc = new Doc();
  const docMap = new Map([[id, doc]]);
  const provider = createNoOpProvider();
  const binding = createBinding(editor, provider, id, doc, docMap);
  registerCollaborationListeners(editor, provider, binding);
  return {
    binding,
    editor,
    provider,
  };
}

function registerCollaborationListeners(
  editor: LexicalEditor,
  provider: Provider,
  binding: Binding
): void {
  editor.registerUpdateListener(
    ({
      dirtyElements,
      dirtyLeaves,
      editorState,
      normalizedNodes,
      prevEditorState,
      tags,
    }) => {
      if (tags.has("skip-collab") === false) {
        syncLexicalUpdateToYjs(
          binding,
          provider,
          prevEditorState,
          editorState,
          dirtyElements,
          dirtyLeaves,
          normalizedNodes,
          tags
        );
      }
    }
  );

  binding.root.getSharedType().observeDeep((events, transaction) => {
    if (transaction?.origin !== binding) {
      syncYjsChangesToLexical(binding, provider, events);
    }
  });
}

function createNoOpProvider(): Provider {
  const emptyFunction = () => {};
  return {
    awareness: {
      getLocalState: () => null,
      getStates: () => new Map(),
      off: emptyFunction,
      on: emptyFunction,
      setLocalState: emptyFunction,
    },
    connect: emptyFunction,
    disconnect: emptyFunction,
    off: emptyFunction,
    on: emptyFunction,
  };
}

@jamespantalones thanks for the reply!

I think I was having a different issue, but it was also related to ESM and CommonJS issues. Got it worked out by your hint on ESM/CommonJS. Thanks for that!