unit uJSExtension_sp; interface procedure CreateGlobalCEFApp; implementation uses uCEFApplicationCore, uCEFConstants, uCEFv8Value, uCEFInterfaces, uCEFMiscFunctions, uTestExtensionHandler; // BASIC CONCEPTS // ============== // Chromium uses several processes to carry out all the tasks needed to handle a web page : // 1. The main application process is called "BROWSER PROCESS" and it runs the UI. // 2. The layout and interpretation of HTML is done in the "RENDERER PROCESS". // Read this for more details about Chromium's architecture : // http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/multi-process-architecture // Each process is isolated from the rest and you need to use some kind of inter-process // communication (IPC) to send information between them. This isolation and protection is // guaranteed by the operating system and it's the main reason Chromium uses several processes. // In many cases, you need to use JavaScript or visit the DOM to return some results to Delphi. // The DOM and JavaScript live in the RENDERER PROCESS, while the Delphi code of your application // lives in the BROWSER PROCESS. // As commented before, the operating system isolates each process and this means that you // can't access anything declared in one process like variables, fields, classes, controls, etc. // from a different process. // However, CEF has several ways to send information between processes and you can also use your // own inter-process communication methods. // If you need to execute some JavaScript code all you need is to call TChromium.ExecuteJavaScript // from your application's code in the BROWSER PROCESS and CEF will take care of executing that // code in the RENDERER PROCESS. // If you need to send a message to the RENDERER PROCESS from the BROWSER PROCESS you can use // TChromium.SendProcessMessage. // To send messages to the BROWSER PROCESS from the RENDERER PROCESS you can use // ICefFrame.SendProcessMessage // -------------- TChromium.SendProcessMessage -------------- // | | ------------------------------> | | // | BROWSER | | RENDERER | // | | | | // | PROCESS | ICefFrame.SendProcessMessage | PROCESS | // | | <------------------------------ | | // -------------- -------------- // To receive the messages sent from the RENDERER PROCESS you need to use the // TChromium.OnProcessMessageReceived event. This event is executed in a CEF thread that belongs // to the BROWSER PROCESS. // To receive the messages sent from the BROWSER PROCESS you need to use the // TCefApplication.OnProcessMessageReceived event (GlobalCEFApp.OnProcessMessageReceived). // This event is executed in a CEF thread that belongs to the RENDERER PROCESS. // JAVASCRIPT EXTENSIONS // ===================== // CEF exposes a large number of JS features for integration in client applications. // You can use JS types, arrays, functions, extensions, objects, etc. // All of those features are described in detail here : // https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/wiki/JavaScriptIntegration.md // One of the most interesting JS features available in CEF are the JavaScript extensions because they // can be used to execute custom Delphi code from JavaScript. // If you put all you know so far together you can get any result or information in Delphi from // JavaScript following these steps : // 1. Use TChromium.ExecuteJavaScript to execute your custom JavaScript code. // 2. That custom JavaScript code is executed in the RENDERER PROCESS and it can call functions in your // custom JavaScript extension, which executes Delphi code. This Delphi code is also executed in // the RENDERER PROCESS. // 3. The Delphi code in the JavaScript extension can use ICefFrame.SendProcessMessage to send // information back to the BROWSER PROCESS. // 4. The BROWSER PROCESS receives the information in the TChromium.OnProcessMessageReceived event. // To create a JavaScript extension in CEF you have to create a new class that inherits from // TCefv8HandlerOwn and it has to override the "execute" function. Open uTestExtensionHandler.pas // to see an example and read this for more details about the "execute" parameters : // https://magpcss.org/ceforum/apidocs3/projects/(default)/CefV8Handler.html // In order to use that extension, you must register it in the GlobalCEFApp.OnWebKitInitialized event // as you can see in the GlobalCEFApp_OnWebKitInitialized procedure on this PAS unit. // You have to call the CefRegisterExtension function with 3 parameters : // 1. name : The extension name. // 2. code : Any valid JS code but in this case it includes 2 "native function" forward declarations. // 3. Handler : An instance of your TCefv8HandlerOwn subclass. // Notice that the code used with the CefRegisterExtension function in this demo is declaring // "myextension.mouseover" as a function that calls the "mouseover" native function, and the // "myextension.sendresulttobrowser" function that calls the "sendresulttobrowser" native function. // The "execute" function in the custom TCefv8HandlerOwn subclass will compare the "name" parameter // with the name of the of the native function used in the code that registered this extension. // As you can see in this demo, TTestExtensionHandler.Execute compares the "name" parameter with // "mouseover" and "sendresulttobrowser" to execute the code you want for each of those custom functions. // TTestExtensionHandler.Execute is executed in the RENDERER PROCESS and it uses a process message // to send some results to he BROWSER PROCESS. // It uses TCefv8ContextRef.Current.Browser.MainFrame to call the SendProcessMessage procedure for // the main frame. // The message is a TCefProcessMessageRef instance and you can set the information you want to send using // its ArgumentList property. // You can add several items to ArgumentList using different indexes in the SetString, SetInt, SetBool, // SetBinary, etc. functions. // There is a size limit in the binary parameters of only a few kilobytes. Compress the binary data, use // alternative IPC methods or use a database protected by a mutex if necessary. // For more information about this, read the following pages : // https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/wiki/JavaScriptIntegration.md#markdown-header-functions-and-extensions // https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/src/b6b033a52bb3f7059d169a4c8389966c8fe2531b/include/capi/cef_v8_capi.h#lines-924 // TESTING THIS DEMO : // =================== // 1. Run the demo and wait until google.com is loaded // 2. Right-click and select the "Set the mouseover event" menu option. // 3. Move the mouse pointer over the web page and see the HTML elements in the status bar. // When you select the "Set the mouseover event" menu option, the // TChromium.OnContextMenuCommand event is triggered and it adds an event listener to the // document's body. That listener calls one of the functions available in the registered // extension called "myextension.mouseover". // The TTestExtensionHandler.Execute function in the extension is executed and it // uses TCefv8ContextRef.Current.Browser.MainFrame.SendProcessMessage(PID_BROWSER, msg) // to send a process message with the results to the browser process. // That message is received in the TChromium.OnProcessMessageReceived event and it shows // the information in the status bar. // If you have to debug the code executed by the extension you will need to use the // debugging methods described in // https://www.briskbard.com/index.php?lang=en&pageid=cef procedure GlobalCEFApp_OnWebKitInitialized; var TempExtensionCode : string; TempHandler : ICefv8Handler; begin try // This is a JS extension example with 2 functions and several parameters. // Please, read the "JavaScript Integration" wiki page at // https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/wiki/JavaScriptIntegration.md TempExtensionCode := 'var myextension;' + 'if (!myextension)' + ' myextension = {};' + '(function() {' + ' myextension.mouseover = function(a) {' + ' native function mouseover();' + ' mouseover(a);' + ' };' + ' myextension.sendresulttobrowser = function(b,c) {' + ' native function sendresulttobrowser();' + ' sendresulttobrowser(b,c);' + ' };' + '})();'; TempHandler := TTestExtensionHandler.Create; if CefRegisterExtension('myextension', TempExtensionCode, TempHandler) then {$IFDEF DEBUG}CefDebugLog('JavaScript extension registered successfully!'){$ENDIF} else {$IFDEF DEBUG}CefDebugLog('There was an error registering the JavaScript extension!'){$ENDIF}; finally TempHandler := nil; end; end; procedure CreateGlobalCEFApp; begin GlobalCEFApp := TCefApplicationCore.Create; GlobalCEFApp.OnWebKitInitialized := GlobalCEFApp_OnWebKitInitialized; {$IFDEF DEBUG} GlobalCEFApp.LogFile := 'debug.log'; GlobalCEFApp.LogSeverity := LOGSEVERITY_INFO; {$ENDIF} GlobalCEFApp.StartSubProcess; end; end.