add support for requiring node modules

README.md

@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ Options:
   --browser, -b       Browser to use. Always available: electron. Available if installed: chrome, firefox, ie, phantom, safari  [default: "electron"]
   --port              Starts listening on that port and waits for you to open a browser                                       
   --static            Serve static assets from this directory                                                                 
-  --mock              Path to code to handle requests for mocking a dynamic back-end                                       
+  --mock              Path to code to handle requests for mocking a dynamic back-end                                          
   --input             Input type. Defaults to 'javascript', can be set to 'html'.                                             
-  --node-integration  Enable nodejs apis in electron
-  --help              Print help                                                                                              
-
+  --node-integration  Enable nodejs apis in electron                                                                          
+  --basedir           Set this if you need to require node modules in node mode                                               
+  --help              Print help  
 ```
 
 ## Custom html file
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Returns a duplex stream and starts a webserver.
 * `mock`: Path to code to handle requests for mocking a dynamic back-end
 * `input`: Input type. Defaults to `javascript`, can be set to `html`.
 * `nodeIntegration`: Enable nodejs integration in electron
+* `basedir`: Set this if you need to require node modules in `node` mode
 
 If only an empty string is written to it, an error will be thrown as there is nothing to execute.
 

bin/bin.js

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ var argv = optimist
   .describe('node-integration', 'Enable nodejs apis in electron')
   .alias('n', 'node-integration')
 
+  .describe('basedir', 'Set this if you need to require node modules in node mode')
+  .alias('b', 'basedir')
+
   .describe('help', 'Print help')
   .alias('h', 'help')
 

index.js

@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ function runner (opts) {
 
       launch(extend(opts, {
         loc: 'http://localhost:' + port,
-        name: opts.browser
+        name: opts.browser,
+        bundle: bundle
       }), function(err, _browser){
         if (err) return dpl.emit('error', err);
         browser = _browser;

lib/launch.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = function(opts, cb){
     process.nextTick(cb.bind(null, null, browser));
   }  else if (/^electron/.test(opts.name)) {
     var browser = Electron(opts);
-    browser.end('location = ' + JSON.stringify(opts.loc));
+    opts.bundle.createReadStream().pipe(browser);
     process.nextTick(cb.bind(null, null, browser));
   } else {
     launcher(function(err, launch){

test/electron.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ test('electron', function (t) {
     });
 
     browser.pipe(concat(function(data){
-      t.ok(/electron\.asar/.test(data.toString()));
+      t.ok(/browser-run/.test(data.toString()));
     }));
 
     browser.on('exit', function (code) {
@@ -40,5 +40,25 @@ test('electron', function (t) {
     browser.write('window.close();');
     browser.end();
   });
+  t.test('basedir option', function (t) {
+    t.plan(2);
+    var browser = run({
+      browser: 'electron',
+      nodeIntegration: true,
+      basedir: __dirname + '/../'
+    });
+
+    browser.pipe(concat(function(data){
+      t.ok(/^true\n$/.test(data.toString()));
+    }));
+
+    browser.on('exit', function (code) {
+      t.equal(code, 0, 'exit');
+    });
+
+    browser.write('console.log(!!require.resolve("tap"));');
+    browser.write('window.close();');
+    browser.end();
+  });
   t.end();
 });