NativeMessaging client API example

example.js

const client = require('native-messaging-client');

// will look thru all the possible app manifest location
// and return the first manifest for the given app name
const manifest = await client.findNativeMessagingHost('app_name');

const messagingPort = new client.MessagingPort(manifest);
// will run the executbale, do the handshaek (?) and so on
await messagingPort.connect();


messagingPort.postMessage({foo: 'bar'});
messagingPort.on('message', msg => { console.log(msg) });


// we might need to close the thing when tab is closed
messagingPort.close();