Simplified version of bindMainApi()

simplified-bindMainApi.ts

export async function bindMainApi<T extends ElectronMainApi<T>>(
  apiClassName: string
): Promise<MainApiBinding<T>> {
  // Use IPC to get a list of the API's methods from the main process.
  const methodNames = await requestApiMethods<T>(apiClassName);

  // boundApi will hold the binding, after we've added each method.
  const boundApi = {} as MainApiBinding<T>;

  // For each method name reported to be in the API...
  for (const methodName of methodNames) {

    // Assign method an async function that passes its arguments to
    // the method's unique IPC channel, waits for the response to
    // come back from the server, and returns the return value.
    boundApi[methodName] = (async (...args: any[]) => {
      const ipcName = `${apiClassName}:${methodName as string}`;
      const response = await sendIpcAndGetResponse(ipcName, args);
      return response.returnValue;
    }) as any; // ('any' makes it compatible with the method's signature)
  }

  return boundApi;
}