Rename invoke method for consistency, add package.json

.markdownlint.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "no-trailing-punctuation": false
+}

example/main.js

@@ -53,24 +53,6 @@ app.whenReady().then(() => {
   const windowB = createWindow('Window B');
   ipcMain.registerBrowserWindow('window-b', windowB);
   windowB.loadFile('index.html');
-
-  // Promise.all([promiseA, promiseB, promiseC]).then(() => {
-  //   // All three browser windows are registered for IPC communication at this point
-
-  //   ipcMain.send('window-a', 'test-send-from-main', 'Send a message from main');
-  //   ipcMain.invoke('window-b', 'test-invoke-from-main', 'Square this number', 5)
-  //     .then((result) => {
-  //       console.log(`test-main-invoke: result=${result}`);
-  //     });
-  //   ipcMain.handle('window-c', 'test-renderer-invoke', (msg, n) => {
-  //     console.log(`test-renderer-invoke: msg=${msg}, n=${n}`);
-  //     return n + 5;
-  //   });
-  //   ipcMain.on('window-c', 'test-renderer-invoke', (msg, n) => {
-  //     console.log(`test-renderer-invoke: msg=${msg}, n=${n}`);
-  //     return n + 5;
-  //   });
-  // });
 });
 
 app.on('window-all-closed', () => {

package.json

@@ -4,5 +4,12 @@
     "eslint": "^7.10.0",
     "eslint-config-airbnb-base": "^14.2.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.21.2"
-  }
+  },
+  "name": "electron-postman",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Easy Electron IPC with focus on window-to-window communication and disabled node integration in renderers",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "repository": "[email protected]:ylieder/electron-postman.git",
+  "author": "Yannic Lieder",
+  "license": "MIT"
 }

src/ipcMain.js

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function once(windowName, channel, callback) {
   }
 }
 
-function invoke(windowName, channel, ...args) {
+function invokeTo(windowName, channel, ...args) {
   const token = getToken();
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
     ipcMain.once(prefixed(windowName, channel, token), (event, result) => {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ module.exports = {
   sendTo,
   on,
   once,
-  invoke,
+  invokeTo,
   handle,
   handleOnce,
   removeAllListeners,