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Gmail iframes
/* this file is the "app" file that loads the sdk and brings up the iframe */
function log() {
console.log.apply(console, ['iframe-test'].concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments)));
}
InboxSDK.load(1, 'iframe-test').then(function(sdk) {
sdk.Compose.registerComposeViewHandler(function(composeView) {
composeView.addButton({
title: "iframe test",
type: 'MODIFIER',
onClick: function() {
var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
iframe.onload = function() {
iframe.contentWindow.postMessage("greeting", "*");
};
function modalMessageHandler(event) {
if (event.origin.match(/^chrome-extension:\/\//)) {
//make sure that the message is coming from an extension and you can get more strict that the
//extension id is the same as your public extension id
if (event.data === 'close') {
console.log('got close event from iframe');
//modal.close();
} else if (/* other event data */) {
}
}
}
window.addEventListener('message', modalMessageHandler, false);
iframe.src = chrome.runtime.getURL('iframe.html'); //load the iframe.html that is in the extension bundle
var modal = sdk.Modal.show({
el: iframe
});
modal.on('destroy', function() {
window.removeEventListener('message', modalMessageHandler, false);
});
}
});
});
});
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script src="iframe.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<p>iframe.html
</body>
</html>
/*
this script is in the bundle and gets loaded by iframe.html
it acts as a bridge between the extension javascript and the actual remote iframe
we want to load
*/
function main() {
var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
iframe.onload = function() {
iframe.contentWindow.postMessage("greeting", 'https://www.streak.com');
};
window.addEventListener('message', function(event) {
//verify message is from an origin we trust
if (event.data === 'close' && event.origin === 'https://www.streak.com') {
// The remote iframe said to close, so relay that upwards.
window.parent.postMessage('close', parentOrigin);
}
}, false);
iframe.src = ''; //set the url of the remote iframe here
iframe.style.width = "660px"; //other iframe options
iframe.style.height = "440px";
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
}
var parentOrigin;
window.addEventListener('message', function greetingHandler(event) {
// This iframe only allows a gmail page to talk to it. Note that other pages
// on the internet could create an iframe with a url to this page and work for
// people with this extension installed, so this check is still important.
if (event.data === 'greeting' && event.origin.match(/^https:\/\/\w+\.google\.com$/)) {
window.removeEventListener('message', greetingHandler, false);
parentOrigin = event.origin;
main();
}
}, false);
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