Electron App - How do i open link in browser? - electron

Question

im trying to open a link in a new browser window using a Electron App.
const test = () => {
const shell = window.require('electron').shell;
shell.openExternal("https://google.com");
}
When i do this, i get error "window.require is not a function"
I have ofcourse made my research on this, and found several "fixes" but none has worked for me. I have edited my webpack.config.js to this:
module.exports = {
configureWebpack: {
externals: {
'./cptable': 'var cptable'
},
resolve: {
fallback: {
'fs': false,
'crypto': false,
'path': false,
}
}
},
}
I have also made sure nodeIntegration enabled like so:
const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
width: 1280,
height: 720,
webPreferences: {
nodeIntegration: true
},
autoHideMenuBar: true,
resizable: false,
webPreferences: {
preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js')
}
})
```
still no success. any idea?

Answer 1

renderer.js - from your renderer send request.
const response = await window.electronAPI.openLinkPlease()
preload.js - you have this middleware where your request will receive to send to electron.
process.once("loaded", () => {
contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronAPI', {
openLinkPlease: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('openLinkPlease'),
})
});
electron.js - here you will get your request to open and electron will open this url in your default browser.
First add at the very beginning const {shell} = require("electron"); to add shell capabilities and than after
preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js'),
},
});
add
ipcMain.handle('openLinkPlease', () => {
shell.openExternal("https://google.com");
})
This is the screen how it works from my application