Communicate with <webview> in Electron - electron

Question

I have a <webview> in my Electron app. I'd like to have safe "foreign" communication, the way I would with an iframe through postMessage. So for example:
webview.executeJavaScript("window.parent.postMessage('all done!')");
Is my only choice for communication with this subwebview to turn on nodeIntegration so that I can use sendToHost? Turning on all of nodeIntegration just for this one feature seems like overkill.

Answer 1

You can access Electron APIs in the webview preload script, including IPC, even when nodeIntegration is disabled. Your preload script can inject functions into the global namespace that will then be accessible within the page loaded in the webview. A simple example:
webview-preload.js:
const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron')
global.pingHost = () => {
ipcRenderer.sendToHost('ping')
}
webview-index.html:
<script>
pingHost()
</script>
window-index.html:
<script>
const webview = document.getElementById('mywebview')
webview.addEventListener('ipc-message', event => {
// prints "ping"
console.log(event.channel)
})
</script>

Answer 2

Easiest way
Communication is
Note:
(main.js or app.js or background.js or process.js ) no need to pass (directly pass component to component),i succesffully implemented in electron:3.1.10
for print html webview.
Window To Webview
example1.html
<webview id="paper" style="width:300px;height:800px" src="file:///static/mywebview.html" nodeintegration></webview>
example1.js
var webview = document.getElementById("paper");
webview.send("ping",data);
getting data from mycomponent or window(i send directly form component)
mywebview.html
<!---what data you want show----!>
mywebview.js
const {
ipcRenderer
} = require('electron')
//data from window
ipcRenderer.on('ping', (e, data) => { console.log(data) })
webview to window
Webview to window(direct pass to component)
mywebview.js
ipcRenderer.sendToHost("readyCompanyInfo",data)
in my window eg i use vue (mycomponent.vue or mypage)
example1.html
const ipcRenderer = require("electron").ipcRenderer;
webview.addEventListener("ipc-message",(event)=>{
const {args,channel}=event;
if(channel=="readyCompanyInfo")
{
console.log(channel,args)
//here you can see data what u passed from webview to window
console.log(args[0])
}
})