Introducing the universal_dom_remote gem

Example

require 'universal_dom_remote'

udr = UniversalDomRemote.new debug: true

r = udr.send 'console.log("fun");' #=> "undefined" 
r = udr.send '"1" + "3"'           #=> "13" 
r = udr.send 'document.title'      #=> "JamesRobertson.eu" 
r = udr.send 'document.title()'    #=> "document.title is not a function"

The above exampe was executed from an IRB session.

Running the example

To run the example you will need:

The SPS broker running:

require 'simplepubsub

SimplePubSub::Broker.start port: '55000'

A web browser web console window open with the follow code copied and pasted into it:

var ws = new WebSocket('ws://127.0.0.1:55000/');
ws.onopen = function() {
  console.log('CONNECT');
  ws.send('subscribe to topic: udr/controller');
};
ws.onclose = function() {
  console.log('DISCONNECT');
};
ws.onmessage = function(event) {

  var a = event.data.split(/: +/,2);
  console.log(a[1]);

  try {
    r = eval(a[1]);
  }
  catch(err) {
    r = err.message;
  }

  ws.send('udr/browser: ' + r);

};

A debug window with the following code to help troubleshoot message passing:

require 'sps-sub'

sps = SPSSub.new host: '127.0.0.1', port: '55000'

sps.subscribe(topic: '#') do |msg, topic|
  puts "%s: %s " % [topic, msg]
end

Notes:

JavaScript statements which don't return a value e.g. (console.log) will return the string undefined
An error message will be returned if a JavaScript statement contains an error
The send command will timeout (after 30 seconds by default) if a return statement isn't received within the given time
The universal_dom_remote gem was intended to work with any web browser which support websockets. At present the only browser properly tested was Firefox.

Resources

universal_dom_remote https://rubygems.org/gems/universal_dom_remote

universal_dom_remote remote control gem javascript browser firefox sps

universal_dom_remote

Runtime

Introducing the universal_dom_remote gem

Example

Running the example

Resources