Send message from JS to Go directly behaves as expected but not if it's initiated by onclick or href

[hkdb]

Hi there!

I am using bootstrap and bundler.

I have a message handler in Go as per below:

// handleMessages handles messages
func handleMessages(_ *astilectron.Window, m bootstrap.MessageIn) (payload interface{}, err error) {
	switch m.Name {
	case "getVersion":
		payload = version
	case "getAuthed":
		payload = authed
        case "doSomething":
                doIt(m.payload)
        }
        return
}

and a couple of JS functions:

function send(t, n, p) {
	// This will wait for the astilectron namespace to be ready
        console.log("Sending message to go...");
	document.addEventListener('astilectron-ready', function() {
            // This will send a message to GO
	    var resp = astilectron.sendMessage({name: n, payload: p}, function(message) {
		console.log("received: " + message.payload);
		next(t, message.payload);
	    });
	})
}

function next(type, s) {
	switch(type) {
		case "version":
			document.getElementById("version").innerHTML = s;
			break;
		case "auth_status":
			var z = document.getElementById("status");	
			if (s == true) {
				z.innerHTML = "Authorized";
			}
			break;
		case "do_something":
			console.log("Do Status: " + s);
			break;
	}

}

When I call send() directly from index.html with <script> </script> tags, everything works.

However, if I call send() from a button or a link:

<button id="do-something" onclick="send('do_something', 'doSomething', 'something')">Do It!</button>

It does nothing after seeing "Sending message to go..." in console specifically for the cases that call another function in Go. Any ideas on why this is happening?

I feel like this has got to be something super simple that I am missing....

Thanks!

[asticode]

This is normal, your send function waits for an astilectron-ready event everytime but this event is sent once at the beginning and that's it.

My advice would be to wrap your whole logic in document.addEventListener('astilectron-ready', function() { to make sure it's only called once astilectron is setup, but don't listen to that astilectron-ready event after that.

[hkdb]

That's it! I was just in the middle of looking over your demo and was changing things towards that direction. Thank you!

[hkdb]

Works beautifully now! Thanks again!

[asticode]

Cheers