Bug 116652 – [GTK][WebKit2] Add API alternative for webkit_web_frame_get_global_context()

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: FIXED
• Component: WebKitGTK

[Jiří Janoušek]

I use webkit_web_frame_get_global_context() to get JavaScriptCore context to create a bridge between frame's JavaScript environment and my application core. Since WebKitWebFrame is gone and no alternative way how to get frame's JavaScriptCore context hasn't been introduced yet, I cannot port my app to WebKit2Gtk.

Would be possible to provide similar function in WebKit2Gtk? Probably in the new WebKitWebPage class?

[Martin Robinson]

Sorry, this is impossible since the DOM and JavaScript context are in another process altogether. We would like to expose this kind of API in the WebExtension though.

[Jiří Janoušek]

> We would like to expose this kind of API in the WebExtension though.

That's exactly what I suggested, adding the API to WebKitWebPage class
that lives in the same process as WebKitWebExtension, the DOM and
JavaScript context. Or did I misunderstand something?

[Martin Robinson]

Sorry. I misread the original bug report. We do want this feature.

[Carlos Garcia Campos]

http://webkitgtk.org/reference/webkit2gtk/stable/WebKitFrame.html#webkit-frame-get-javascript-global-context

You mean this?

[Jiří Janoušek]

> You mean this?

Yes, that's the API I need. Big thanks to anyone involved in its implementation.