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Restrict in-frame navigation for dapps (#146)
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* Restrict in-frame navigation for dapps

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axelchalon committed Jul 3, 2018
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const { name: appName } = require('../package.json');

const { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, session } = electron;
const { URL } = url;

let mainWindow;

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webPreferences.contextIsolation = true;
});

// Listen to the creation of (dapp) webviews to attach event listeners to them
mainWindow.webContents.on('did-attach-webview', (event, webContents) => {
let baseUrl;
let appId;

// Keep track of the first URL of the webview (index.html of the dapp).
// This defines what files the webview is allowed to navigate to within
// the same frame. For example, my-dapp/index.html can navigate to
// my-dapp/some/folder/hi.html and then back to my-dapp/index.html
webContents.once('did-navigate', (e, initialUrl) => {
const initialURL = new URL(initialUrl);

appId = initialURL.searchParams.get('appId');

initialURL.hash = '';
initialURL.search = '';

baseUrl = initialURL.href.substr(0, initialURL.href.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
});

// The event handler for will-navigate needs to be set in the main process
// in order to be able to prevent the navigation: https://git.io/f4SNW
webContents.on('will-navigate', (e, targetUrl) => {
e.preventDefault();

if (targetUrl.startsWith(baseUrl)) {
// The target URL is located inside the dapp folder: allow in-frame
// navigation but enforce appId query parameter for inject.js

const newURL = new URL(targetUrl);

newURL.searchParams.set('appId', appId);

webContents.loadURL(newURL.href);
} else {
// Open all links to resources outside the dapp root in the browser
// (or with the default desktop app for protocols other than http)

electron.shell.openExternal(targetUrl);
}
});
});

mainWindow.on('closed', () => {
mainWindow = null;
});
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