Initial PoC for browser <-> desktop communication

src/global.d.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 declare function escape(s: string): string;
 declare function unescape(s: string): string;
+declare module 'node-ipc' {
+    const x: any;
+    export = x;
+}

src/main.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { ElectronStorageService } from 'jslib/electron/services/electronStorage.
 import { TrayMain } from 'jslib/electron/tray.main';
 import { UpdaterMain } from 'jslib/electron/updater.main';
 import { WindowMain } from 'jslib/electron/window.main';
+import { NativeMessagingService } from './services/nativeMessaging.service';
 
 export class Main {
     logService: ElectronLogService;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export class Main {
     powerMonitorMain: PowerMonitorMain;
     trayMain: TrayMain;
     biometricMain: BiometricMain;
+    nativeMessagingService: NativeMessagingService;
 
     constructor() {
         // Set paths for portable builds
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ export class Main {
             const BiometricDarwinMain = require('jslib/electron/biometric.darwin.main').default;
             this.biometricMain = new BiometricDarwinMain(this.storageService, this.i18nService);
         }
+
+        this.nativeMessagingService = new NativeMessagingService();
     }
 
     bootstrap() {
@@ -153,6 +157,7 @@ export class Main {
             // tslint:disable-next-line
             console.error(e);
         });
+        this.nativeMessagingService.listen();
     }
 
     private processDeepLink(argv: string[]): void {

src/package.json

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "electron-store": "1.3.0",
     "electron-updater": "4.3.5",
     "keytar": "4.13.0",
+    "node-ipc": "^9.1.1",
     "zxcvbn": "4.4.2"
   }
 }

src/services/nativeMessaging.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import * as ipc from 'node-ipc';
+
+export class NativeMessagingService {
+    private connected = false;
+
+    listen() {
+        ipc.config.id = 'bitwarden';
+        ipc.config.retry = 1500;
+
+        ipc.serve(() => {
+            ipc.server.on('message', (data: any, socket: any) => {
+                ipc.log('got a message : ', data);
+                ipc.server.emit(socket, 'message', data + ' world!');
+            });
+
+            ipc.server.on('connect', () => {
+                this.connected = true;
+            })
+
+            ipc.server.on(
+                'socket.disconnected',
+                (socket: any, destroyedSocketID: any) => {
+                    this.connected = false;
+                    ipc.log(
+                        'client ' + destroyedSocketID + ' has disconnected!'
+                    );
+                }
+            );
+        });
+
+        ipc.server.start();
+    }
+}