message passing by helper functions

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/shared/messages.js b/src/shared/messages.js
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+const receive = (win, callback) => {
+  win.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
+    let message;
+    try {
+      message = JSON.parse(e.data);
+    } catch (e) {
+      // ignore message posted by author of web page
+      return;
+    }
+
+    callback(message);
+  })
+}
+
+const send = (win, message) => {
+  win.postMessage(JSON.stringify(message), '*');
+}
+
+export { receive, send };