/** * Render the frames into PNG images * An electron app, takes one command line argument `step` * * @author Mohammad Fares */ const fs = require('fs'); const path = require('path'); const { app } = require('electron'); const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron'); const ipcMain = require('electron').ipcMain; const os = require('os'); let mainWindow = null; /** * The temporary rendering directory's path * @type {String} */ var renderDir = path.join(__dirname, 'frames'); /** * The step option * To reduce the number of rendered frames (step > 1) * @type {Number} */ var step = process.argv[2] || 1; // Hide the Dock for macOS if (os.platform() == 'darwin') { app.dock.hide(); } // When the app is ready app.on('ready', createWindow); /** * Create a hidden browser window and load the rendering page */ function createWindow() { // Create a browser window mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({ show: false, width: 8000, height: 8000, webPreferences: { preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js'), }, }); // Load index.html mainWindow.loadURL('file://' + __dirname + '/index.html'); } /** * A callback function for the event: * getOptions to request the options that need * to be passed to the renderer * * @param {Object} event */ ipcMain.handle('getOptions', function () { return { step }; }); /** * A callback function for the event: * capturePage * * @param {Object} event */ ipcMain.handle('capturePage', async function (event, captureRect, frameIndex) { // To show the cursor for headless browser mainWindow.focusOnWebView(); const img = await mainWindow.webContents.capturePage(captureRect); const outputPath = path.join(renderDir, frameIndex + '.png'); fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, img.toPNG()); console.log(frameIndex); }); /** * A callback function for the event: * Close * * @param {Object} event * @param {String} error */ ipcMain.on('close', function (event, error) { mainWindow.close(); }); /** * A callback function for the event: * When something unexpected happened * * @param {Object} event * @param {String} error */ ipcMain.on('error', function (event, error) { process.stderr.write(error); });