Merge pull request #166 from feross/windows-protocol-handler

Windows: register protocol handler for magnet links

config.js

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
   INDEX: 'file://' + path.join(__dirname, 'renderer', 'index.html'),
 
+  IS_PRODUCTION: isProduction(),
+
   SOUND_ADD: 'file://' + path.join(__dirname, 'static', 'sound', 'add.wav'),
   SOUND_DELETE: 'file://' + path.join(__dirname, 'static', 'sound', 'delete.wav'),
   SOUND_DISABLE: 'file://' + path.join(__dirname, 'static', 'sound', 'disable.wav'),
@@ -19,3 +21,15 @@ module.exports = {
   SOUND_PLAY: 'file://' + path.join(__dirname, 'static', 'sound', 'play.wav'),
   SOUND_STARTUP: 'file://' + path.join(__dirname, 'static', 'sound', 'startup.wav')
 }
+
+function isProduction () {
+  if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+    return !/\/Electron\.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/Electron$/.test(process.execPath)
+  }
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return !/\\electron\.exe$/.test(process.execPath)
+  }
+  if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+    // TODO
+  }
+}

main/index.js

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 var electron = require('electron')
+
+var app = electron.app
+
+var config = require('../config')
 var ipc = require('./ipc')
 var menu = require('./menu')
+var registerProtocolHandler = require('./register-protocol-handler')
 var shortcuts = require('./shortcuts')
 var windows = require('./windows')
 
-var app = electron.app
+var argv = process.argv.slice(config.IS_PRODUCTION ? 1 : 2)
 
 app.on('open-file', onOpen)
 app.on('open-url', onOpen)
@@ -16,6 +21,17 @@ app.on('ready', function () {
   menu.init()
   windows.createMainWindow()
   shortcuts.init()
+  registerProtocolHandler()
+})
+
+app.on('ipcReady', function () {
+  windows.main.send('log', 'IS_PRODUCTION:', config.IS_PRODUCTION)
+  if (argv.length) {
+    windows.main.send('log', 'command line args:', process.argv)
+  }
+  argv.forEach(function (torrentId) {
+    windows.main.send('dispatch', 'onOpen', torrentId)
+  })
 })
 
 app.on('before-quit', function () {
@@ -41,12 +57,8 @@ ipc.init()
 function onOpen (e, torrentId) {
   e.preventDefault()
   if (app.ipcReady) {
-    onReadyOpen()
-  } else {
-    app.on('ipcReady', onReadyOpen)
-  }
-  function onReadyOpen () {
     windows.main.send('dispatch', 'onOpen', torrentId)
-    windows.main.focus()
+  } else {
+    argv.push(torrentId)
   }
 }

main/ipc.js

@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ function init () {
 
   ipcMain.on('blockPowerSave', blockPowerSave)
   ipcMain.on('unblockPowerSave', unblockPowerSave)
-
-  ipcMain.on('log', function (e, message) {
-    console.log(message)
-  })
 }
 
 function setBounds (bounds) {

main/register-protocol-handler.js

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+module.exports = function () {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    registerProtocolHandler('magnet', 'BitTorrent Magnet URL', process.execPath)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * To add a protocol handler on Windows, the following keys must be added to the Windows
+ * registry:
+ *
+ * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
+ *    $PROTOCOL
+ *       (Default) = "URL:$NAME"
+ *       URL Protocol = ""
+ *       shell
+ *          open
+ *             command
+ *                (Default) = "$COMMAND" "%1"
+ *
+ * Source: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767914.aspx
+ *
+ * However, the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" key can only be written by the Administrator user.
+ * So, we instead write to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes", which is inherited by
+ * "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" anyway, and can be written by unprivileged users.
+ */
+
+function registerProtocolHandler (protocol, name, command) {
+  var Registry = require('winreg')
+
+  var protocolKey = new Registry({
+    hive: Registry.HKCU, // HKEY_CURRENT_USER
+    key: '\\Software\\Classes\\' + protocol
+  })
+  protocolKey.set('', Registry.REG_SZ, 'URL:' + name, callback)
+  protocolKey.set('URL Protocol', Registry.REG_SZ, '', callback)
+
+  var commandKey = new Registry({
+    hive: Registry.HKCU,
+    key: '\\Software\\Classes\\' + protocol + '\\shell\\open\\command'
+  })
+  commandKey.set('', Registry.REG_SZ, '"' + command + '" "%1"', callback)
+
+  function callback (err) {
+    if (err) console.error(err.message || err)
+  }
+}

package.json

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     "prettier-bytes": "^1.0.1",
     "upload-element": "^1.0.1",
     "virtual-dom": "^2.1.1",
-    "webtorrent": "^0.86.0"
+    "webtorrent": "^0.86.0",
+    "winreg": "^1.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "electron-packager": "^5.0.0",

renderer/index.js

@@ -257,9 +257,9 @@ function jumpToTime (time) {
 function setupIpc () {
   ipcRenderer.send('ipcReady')
 
-  ipcRenderer.on('dispatch', function (e, action, ...args) {
+  ipcRenderer.on('log', (e, ...args) => console.log(...args))
-    dispatch(action, ...args)
+
-  })
+  ipcRenderer.on('dispatch', (e, ...args) => dispatch(...args))
 
   ipcRenderer.on('showOpenTorrentAddress', function (e) {
     state.modal = 'open-torrent-address-modal'
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ function setupIpc () {
 function loadState (callback) {
   cfg.read(function (err, data) {
     if (err) console.error(err)
-    ipcRenderer.send('log', 'loaded state from ' + cfg.filePath)
+    console.log('loaded state from ' + cfg.filePath)
 
     // populate defaults if they're not there
     state.saved = Object.assign({}, state.defaultSavedState, data)
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ function resumeTorrents () {
 
 // Write state.saved to the JSON state file
 function saveState () {
-  ipcRenderer.send('log', 'saving state to ' + cfg.filePath)
+  console.log('saving state to ' + cfg.filePath)
   cfg.write(state.saved, function (err) {
     if (err) console.error(err)
     update()