protocol

The protocol module can register a custom protocol or intercept an existing protocol.

An example of implementing a protocol that has the same effect as the file:// protocol:

const electron = require('electron');
const app = electron.app;
const path = require('path');

app.on('ready', function() {
    var protocol = electron.protocol;
    protocol.registerFileProtocol('atom', function(request, callback) {
      var url = request.url.substr(7);
      callback({path: path.normalize(__dirname + '/' + url)});
    }, function (error) {
      if (error)
        console.error('Failed to register protocol')
    });
});

Note: This module can only be used after the ready event in the app module is emitted.

Methods

The protocol module has the following methods:

protocol.registerStandardSchemes(schemes)

• schemes Array - Custom schemes to be registered as standard schemes.

A standard scheme adheres to what RFC 3986 calls generic URI syntax. This includes file: and filesystem:.

protocol.registerServiceWorkerSchemes(schemes)

• schemes Array - Custom schemes to be registered to handle service workers.

protocol.registerFileProtocol(scheme, handler[, completion])

• scheme String
• handler Function
• completion Function (optional)

Registers a protocol of scheme that will send the file as a response. The handler will be called with handler(request, callback) when a request is going to be created with scheme. completion will be called with completion(null) when scheme is successfully registered or completion(error) when failed.

• request Object
  • url String
  • referrer String
  • method String
  • uploadData Array (optional)
• callback Function

The uploadData is an array of data objects:

• data Object
  • bytes Buffer - Content being sent.
  • file String - Path of file being uploaded.

To handle the request, the callback should be called with either the file's path or an object that has a path property, e.g. callback(filePath) or callback({path: filePath}).

When callback is called with nothing, a number, or an object that has an error property, the request will fail with the error number you specified. For the available error numbers you can use, please see the net error list.

By default the scheme is treated like http:, which is parsed differently than protocols that follow the "generic URI syntax" like file:, so you probably want to call protocol.registerStandardSchemes to have your scheme treated as a standard scheme.

protocol.registerBufferProtocol(scheme, handler[, completion])

• scheme String
• handler Function
• completion Function (optional)

Registers a protocol of scheme that will send a Buffer as a response.

The usage is the same with registerFileProtocol, except that the callback should be called with either a Buffer object or an object that has the data, mimeType, and charset properties.

Example:

protocol.registerBufferProtocol('atom', function(request, callback) {
  callback({mimeType: 'text/html', data: new Buffer('<h5>Response</h5>')});
}, function (error) {
  if (error)
    console.error('Failed to register protocol')
});

protocol.registerStringProtocol(scheme, handler[, completion])

• scheme String
• handler Function
• completion Function (optional)

Registers a protocol of scheme that will send a String as a response.

The usage is the same with registerFileProtocol, except that the callback should be called with either a String or an object that has the data, mimeType, and charset properties.

protocol.registerHttpProtocol(scheme, handler[, completion])

• scheme String
• handler Function
• completion Function (optional)

Registers a protocol of scheme that will send an HTTP request as a response.

The usage is the same with registerFileProtocol, except that the callback should be called with a redirectRequest object that has the url, method, referrer, uploadData and session properties.

• redirectRequest Object
  • url String
  • method String
  • session Object (optional)
  • uploadData Object (optional)

By default the HTTP request will reuse the current session. If you want the request to have a different session you should set session to null.

For POST requests the uploadData object must be provided.

• uploadData object
  • contentType String - MIME type of the content.
  • data String - Content to be sent.

protocol.unregisterProtocol(scheme[, completion])

• scheme String
• completion Function (optional)

Unregisters the custom protocol of scheme.

protocol.isProtocolHandled(scheme, callback)

• scheme String
• callback Function

The callback will be called with a boolean that indicates whether there is already a handler for scheme.

protocol.interceptFileProtocol(scheme, handler[, completion])

• scheme String
• handler Function
• completion Function (optional)

Intercepts scheme protocol and uses handler as the protocol's new handler which sends a file as a response.

protocol.interceptStringProtocol(scheme, handler[, completion])

• scheme String
• handler Function
• completion Function (optional)

Intercepts scheme protocol and uses handler as the protocol's new handler which sends a String as a response.

protocol.interceptBufferProtocol(scheme, handler[, completion])

• scheme String
• handler Function
• completion Function (optional)

Intercepts scheme protocol and uses handler as the protocol's new handler which sends a Buffer as a response.

protocol.interceptHttpProtocol(scheme, handler[, completion])

• scheme String
• handler Function
• completion Function (optional)

Intercepts scheme protocol and uses handler as the protocol's new handler which sends a new HTTP request as a response.

protocol.uninterceptProtocol(scheme[, completion])

• scheme String
• completion Function

Remove the interceptor installed for scheme and restore its original handler.