const { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, shell, systemPreferences } = require("electron"); const electronPrompt = require("electron-prompt"); const { spawn } = require("child_process"); const fs = require("fs"); const path = require("node:path"); // remember main window var mainWindow = null; // remember child process for exe so we can kill it when app exits var exeChildProcess = null; // allow fetching app version via ipc ipcMain.handle("app-version", () => { return app.getVersion(); }); // ignore ssl errors app.commandLine.appendSwitch("ignore-certificate-errors"); // add support for showing an alert window via ipc ipcMain.handle("alert", async (event, message) => { return await dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, { message: message, }); }); // add support for showing a confirm window via ipc ipcMain.handle("confirm", async (event, message) => { // show confirm dialog const result = await dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, { type: "question", title: "Confirm", message: message, cancelId: 0, // esc key should press cancel button defaultId: 1, // enter key should press ok button buttons: [ "Cancel", // 0 "OK", // 1 ], }); // check if user clicked OK return result.response === 1; }); // add support for showing a prompt window via ipc ipcMain.handle("prompt", async (event, message) => { return await electronPrompt({ title: message, label: "", value: "", type: "input", inputAttrs: { type: "text", }, }); }); // allow relaunching app via ipc ipcMain.handle("relaunch", () => { app.relaunch(); app.exit(); }); // allow showing a file path in os file manager ipcMain.handle("showPathInFolder", (event, path) => { shell.showItemInFolder(path); }); function log(message) { // log to stdout of this process console.log(message); // make sure main window exists if (!mainWindow) { return; } // make sure window is not destroyed if (mainWindow.isDestroyed()) { return; } // log to web console mainWindow.webContents.send("log", message); } function getDefaultStorageDir() { // if we are running a windows portable exe, we want to use .reticulum-meshchat in the portable exe dir // e.g if we launch "E:\Some\Path\MeshChat.exe" we want to use "E:\Some\Path\.reticulum-meshchat" const portableExecutableDir = process.env.PORTABLE_EXECUTABLE_DIR; if (process.platform === "win32" && portableExecutableDir != null) { return path.join(portableExecutableDir, ".reticulum-meshchat"); } // otherwise, we will fall back to putting the storage dir in the users home directory // e.g: ~/.reticulum-meshchat return path.join(app.getPath("home"), ".reticulum-meshchat"); } function getDefaultReticulumConfigDir() { // if we are running a windows portable exe, we want to use .reticulum in the portable exe dir // e.g if we launch "E:\Some\Path\MeshChat.exe" we want to use "E:\Some\Path\.reticulum" const portableExecutableDir = process.env.PORTABLE_EXECUTABLE_DIR; if (process.platform === "win32" && portableExecutableDir != null) { return path.join(portableExecutableDir, ".reticulum"); } // otherwise, we will fall back to using the .reticulum folder in the users home directory // e.g: ~/.reticulum return path.join(app.getPath("home"), ".reticulum"); } app.whenReady().then(async () => { // get arguments passed to application, and remove the provided application path const ignoredArguments = ["--no-sandbox", "--ozone-platform-hint=auto"]; const userProvidedArguments = process.argv.slice(1).filter((arg) => !ignoredArguments.includes(arg)); const shouldLaunchHeadless = userProvidedArguments.includes("--headless"); if (!shouldLaunchHeadless) { // create browser window mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({ width: 1500, height: 800, webPreferences: { // used to inject logging over ipc preload: path.join(__dirname, "preload.js"), // Security: disable node integration in renderer nodeIntegration: false, // Security: enable context isolation (default in Electron 12+) contextIsolation: true, // Security: enable sandbox for additional protection sandbox: true, // Security: disable remote module (deprecated but explicit) enableRemoteModule: false, }, }); // open external links in default web browser instead of electron mainWindow.webContents.setWindowOpenHandler(({ url }) => { var shouldShowInNewElectronWindow = false; // we want to open call.html in a new electron window // but all other target="_blank" links should open in the system web browser // we don't want /rnode-flasher/index.html to open in electron, otherwise user can't select usb devices... if ( (url.startsWith("http://localhost") || url.startsWith("https://localhost")) && url.includes("/call.html") ) { shouldShowInNewElectronWindow = true; } // we want to open blob urls in a new electron window else if (url.startsWith("blob:")) { shouldShowInNewElectronWindow = true; } // open in new electron window if (shouldShowInNewElectronWindow) { return { action: "allow", }; } // fallback to opening any other url in external browser shell.openExternal(url); return { action: "deny", }; }); // navigate to loading page await mainWindow.loadFile(path.join(__dirname, "loading.html")); // ask mac users for microphone access for audio calls to work if (process.platform === "darwin") { await systemPreferences.askForMediaAccess("microphone"); } } // find path to python/cxfreeze reticulum meshchat executable // Note: setup.py creates ReticulumMeshChatX (with X), not ReticulumMeshChat const exeName = process.platform === "win32" ? "ReticulumMeshChatX.exe" : "ReticulumMeshChatX"; // get app path (handles both development and packaged app) const appPath = app.getAppPath(); // get resources path (where extraFiles are placed) const resourcesPath = process.resourcesPath || path.join(appPath, "..", ".."); var exe = null; // when packaged, extraFiles are placed at resources/app/electron/build/exe // when packaged with asar, unpacked files are in app.asar.unpacked/ directory // app.getAppPath() returns the path to app.asar, so unpacked is at the same level const possiblePaths = [ // packaged app - extraFiles location (resources/app/electron/build/exe) path.join(resourcesPath, "app", "electron", "build", "exe", exeName), // packaged app with asar (unpacked files from asarUnpack) path.join(appPath, "..", "app.asar.unpacked", "build", "exe", exeName), // packaged app without asar (relative to app path) path.join(appPath, "build", "exe", exeName), // development mode (relative to electron directory) path.join(__dirname, "build", "exe", exeName), // development mode (relative to project root) path.join(__dirname, "..", "build", "exe", exeName), ]; // find the first path that exists for (const possibleExe of possiblePaths) { if (fs.existsSync(possibleExe)) { exe = possibleExe; break; } } // verify executable exists if (!exe || !fs.existsSync(exe)) { const errorMsg = `Could not find executable: ${exeName}\nChecked paths:\n${possiblePaths.join("\n")}\n\nApp path: ${appPath}\nResources path: ${resourcesPath}`; log(errorMsg); if (mainWindow) { await dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, { message: errorMsg, }); } app.quit(); return; } log(`Found executable at: ${exe}`); try { // arguments we always want to pass in const requiredArguments = [ "--headless", // reticulum meshchat usually launches default web browser, we don't want this when using electron "--port", "9337", // FIXME: let system pick a random unused port? // '--test-exception-message', 'Test Exception Message', // uncomment to test the crash dialog ]; // if user didn't provide reticulum config dir, we should provide it if (!userProvidedArguments.includes("--reticulum-config-dir")) { requiredArguments.push("--reticulum-config-dir", getDefaultReticulumConfigDir()); } // if user didn't provide storage dir, we should provide it if (!userProvidedArguments.includes("--storage-dir")) { requiredArguments.push("--storage-dir", getDefaultStorageDir()); } // spawn executable exeChildProcess = await spawn(exe, [ ...requiredArguments, // always provide required arguments ...userProvidedArguments, // also include any user provided arguments ]); // log stdout var stdoutLines = []; exeChildProcess.stdout.setEncoding("utf8"); exeChildProcess.stdout.on("data", function (data) { // log log(data.toString()); // keep track of last 10 stdout lines stdoutLines.push(data.toString()); if (stdoutLines.length > 10) { stdoutLines.shift(); } }); // log stderr var stderrLines = []; exeChildProcess.stderr.setEncoding("utf8"); exeChildProcess.stderr.on("data", function (data) { // log log(data.toString()); // keep track of last 10 stderr lines stderrLines.push(data.toString()); if (stderrLines.length > 10) { stderrLines.shift(); } }); // log errors exeChildProcess.on("error", function (error) { log(error); }); // quit electron app if exe dies exeChildProcess.on("exit", async function (code) { // if no exit code provided, we wanted exit to happen, so do nothing if (code == null) { return; } // tell user that Visual C++ redistributable needs to be installed on Windows if (code === 3221225781 && process.platform === "win32") { await dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, { message: "Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable must be installed to run this application.", }); app.quit(); return; } // show crash log const stdout = stdoutLines.join(""); const stderr = stderrLines.join(""); await dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, { message: [ "MeshChat Crashed!", "", `Exit Code: ${code}`, "", `----- stdout -----`, "", stdout, `----- stderr -----`, "", stderr, ].join("\n"), }); // quit after dismissing error dialog app.quit(); }); } catch (e) { log(e); } }); function quit() { // kill python process if (exeChildProcess) { exeChildProcess.kill("SIGKILL"); } // quit electron app app.quit(); } // quit electron if all windows are closed app.on("window-all-closed", () => { quit(); }); // make sure child process is killed if app is quiting app.on("quit", () => { quit(); });