From 7bae2958d322b8e830278b60bc6568f87c197d14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Willem Leuverink <willem@leuver.ink>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:59:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add client side Event helper (#38)

* Add broadcasting endpoint & dispatch ipc event

* Inject Native helper object in browser window

* Strip leading slashes before matching event name

* added event name as second callback parameter
---
 src/preload/index.ts  |  5 +++++
 src/preload/native.ts | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/preload/native.ts

diff --git a/src/preload/index.ts b/src/preload/index.ts
index f691e47..a7d702a 100644
--- a/src/preload/index.ts
+++ b/src/preload/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } from 'electron'
 import * as remote from '@electron/remote'
 
+import Native from './native';
+
+// @ts-ignore
+window.Native = Native;
+
 // @ts-ignore
 window.remote = remote;
 
diff --git a/src/preload/native.ts b/src/preload/native.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d912e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/preload/native.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron'
+
+export default {
+    on: (event, callback) => {
+        ipcRenderer.on('native-event', (_, data) => {
+
+            // Strip leading slashes
+            event = event.replace(/^(\\)+/, '');
+            data.event = data.event.replace(/^(\\)+/, '');
+
+            if(event === data.event) {
+                return callback(data.payload, event);
+            }
+        })
+    }
+}