- Go 66.2%
- JavaScript 11.9%
- HTML 10.5%
- Objective-C 4.2%
- NSIS 1.8%
- Other 5.4%
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I've successfully implemented an HTTP API for Wails v3 that provides a workaround for the CORS issue. Here's what was created: ### Backend Implementation: 1. **`http.go`** - Core HTTP functionality with: - Support for GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS methods - Request/response type definitions - Error handling and timeout support - Automatic User-Agent header 2. **`messageprocessor_http.go`** - Message processor for handling HTTP requests from frontend 3. **Updated `messageprocessor.go`** - Added HTTP request constant and routing ### Frontend Implementation: 1. **`http.js`** - JavaScript runtime API with: - `Fetch()` - Generic method for full control - Convenience methods: `Get()`, `Post()`, `Put()`, `Delete()`, `Patch()`, `Head()` - Automatic JSON serialization for POST/PUT/PATCH bodies - Promise-based API 2. **Updated runtime files**: - Added HTTP to object names in `runtime.js` - Added support for POST body in runtime calls - Exported HTTP module in `main.js` and `api/index.js` ### Example Application: Created a complete example in `v3/examples/http-cors-workaround/` demonstrating: - GET/POST requests - Custom headers - Error handling - Timeout functionality ### How It Works: Instead of making requests directly from the frontend (which fails due to CORS), the HTTP API: 1. Sends the request details to the Go backend 2. Go makes the actual HTTP request (no CORS restrictions) 3. Returns the response to the frontend This completely bypasses CORS issues while maintaining a familiar API similar to fetch/axios. |
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Build desktop applications using Go & Web Technologies.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Features
- Getting Started
- Sponsors
- FAQ
- Stargazers over time
- Contributors
- License
- Inspiration
Introduction
The traditional method of providing web interfaces to Go programs is via a built-in web server. Wails offers a different approach: it provides the ability to wrap both Go code and a web frontend into a single binary. Tools are provided to make this easy for you by handling project creation, compilation and bundling. All you have to do is get creative!
Features
- Use standard Go for the backend
- Use any frontend technology you are already familiar with to build your UI
- Quickly create rich frontends for your Go programs using pre-built templates
- Easily call Go methods from Javascript
- Auto-generated Typescript definitions for your Go structs and methods
- Native Dialogs & Menus
- Native Dark / Light mode support
- Supports modern translucency and "frosted window" effects
- Unified eventing system between Go and Javascript
- Powerful cli tool to quickly generate and build your projects
- Multiplatform
- Uses native rendering engines - no embedded browser!
Roadmap
The project roadmap may be found here. Please consult this before open up an enhancement request.
Getting Started
The installation instructions are on the official website.
Sponsors
This project is supported by these kind people / companies:
FAQ
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Is this an alternative to Electron?
Depends on your requirements. It's designed to make it easy for Go programmers to make lightweight desktop applications or add a frontend to their existing applications. Wails does offer native elements such as menus and dialogs, so it could be considered a lightweight electron alternative.
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Who is this project aimed at?
Go programmers who want to bundle an HTML/JS/CSS frontend with their applications, without resorting to creating a server and opening a browser to view it.
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What's with the name?
When I saw WebView, I thought "What I really want is tooling around building a WebView app, a bit like Rails is to Ruby". So initially it was a play on words (Webview on Rails). It just so happened to also be a homophone of the English name for the Country I am from. So it stuck.
Stargazers over time
Contributors
The contributors list is getting too big for the readme! All the amazing people who have contributed to this project have their own page here.
License
Inspiration
This project was mainly coded to the following albums:
- Manic Street Preachers - Resistance Is Futile
- Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
- The Midnight - Endless Summer
- Gary Newman - Savage (Songs from a Broken World)
- Steve Vai - Passion & Warfare
- Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
- Ben Howard - Noonday Dream
- Adwaith - Melyn
- Gwidaith Hen Fran - Cedors Hen Wrach
- Metallica - Metallica
- Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
- Maxthor - Another World
- Alun Tan Lan - Y Distawrwydd