Transport for QWebEnginePage::setWebChannel()

Matty

I'm using the QT WebEngine framework to display web pages. I'm injecting javascript into a page when it loads, and want to allow the javascript to be able to access and QT object. Apparently, to do this a QWebChannel must exist that establishes some IPC between chromium (the javascript) and the rest of my C++/QT project. I came across the QWebEnginePage::setWebChannel (QWebChannel *channel) function, however I can't find any examples of its use. The documentation (http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qwebenginepage.html#setWebChannel) mentions that qt.webChannelTransport should be available in the javascript context, but I don't see where that is established in qwebchannel.js (https://github.com/qtproject/qtwebchannel/blob/dev/src/webchannel/qwebchannel.js). I've seen the WebChannel examples (http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebchannel-examples.html) and would like to avoid WebSockets if possible.

Are there examples of a project that sets up a web channel in this way? Below is how I tried to implement the web channel.

Whenever a page loads I establish a channel and inject the javascript in C++:

QWebChannel *channel = new QWebChannel();
channel->registerObject(QStringLiteral("jshelper"), helper);

view->page()->runJavaScript(qwebjs); //this is qwebchannel.js
view->page()->setWebChannel(channel);
view->page()->runJavaScript(myfunction); //function that calls QT object (jshelper)

In Javascript:
new QWebChannel(qt.webChannelTransport, function(channel) { ... });

Which results in the channel not being connected properly (assuming this is because of qt.webChannelTransport, as it was working when I was using WebSockets).

@Matty

I'm running into this now. Were you able to find a solution?

VernJensen

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