Sending Credentials between processes in Electron/React

README.md

IPC with Electron/React

These are some helpful snippets for sending credentials between processes in a React and Electron setup. Note I am using electron-settings.

electron-starter.js

const { ipcMain } = require('electron');
const settings = require('electron-settings');


/*
...
*/


ipcMain.on(IPCConstants.SET_CRED, (event, arg) => {
  settings.set(`${SETTINGS.USER_CRED}`, {
    username: arg.username,
    password: arg.password,
  });
  event.returnValue = arg;
});

ipcMain.on(IPCConstants.GET_CRED, event => {
  const cred = {
    username: settings.get(`${SETTINGS.USER_CRED}.username`),
    password: settings.get(`${SETTINGS.USER_CRED}.password`),
  };
  event.returnValue = cred;
});

yourAuthComponent.js

setCred = (username,password) => {
  ipcRenderer.sendSync(IPCConstants.SET_CRED, { username, password });
}
getCred = () => {
  return ipcRenderer.sendSync(IPCConstants.GET_CRED, '');
}