ES Modules not loading WMSLayer in electron when nodeIntegration enabled

Question

I'm programming w/ angular9, and have everything working w/ esri-loader and v4.16. I tried to update to 4.18 so that I could ditch esri-loader (which breaks my automated tests, different story) for es modules. Most things seem to work and everything compiles. However...

My browser gets spammed w/ the error below and my maps never load.

[esri.views.2d.layers.WMSLayerView2D]

"responseType 'image' is not supported in Web Workers or Node environment"

If I disabled nodeIntegration, the maps load but then I lose responsiveness and IPC. I've seen workarounds, but at the cost of security.

Am I just not permitted to upgrade to 4.18 es modules since I use electron (w/ nodeIntegration)?

JohnWyant · Answer

For future people that may come w/ the same question...

What I found is that nodeIntegration enabled so that you can do i2c communication w/ your app is NOT secure. Take a look on electron contextBridge: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/context-bridge

Once I made this switch, WMSLayer works and I technically made my app more secure.

AndyGup · Answer

Nope, sorry. That Class has not been refactored.

JohnWyant · Answer

Hi Andy, is there a proof of concept that utilizes the WMSLayer within electron w/ nodeIntegration enabled? That combo is what I haven't seen work.