IPC helper for the renderer process of Electron

electronRendererIpcHelper.js

import { ipcRenderer as ipc } from 'electron'

let ipcCount = 0

// 向主进程发送消息，并等待主进程的回复
export function send(channel, ...args) {
  const localCount = ipcCount += 1
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    ipc.once(`${channel}-${ipcCount}`, (event, ...res) => {
      resolve({ event, payload: res.length === 1 ? res[0] : res })
    })
    ipc.send(channel, localCount, ...args)
  })
}

// 向主进程发送消息，不需要返回
export function sendWithoutReturn(channel, ...args) {
  ipc.send(channel, ...args)
}

export function on(channel, callback) {
  ipc.on(channel, callback)
}

export function once(channel, callback) {
  ipc.on(channel, callback)
}