WebWrapperNet

A simple wrapper to turn web applications into desktop applications using WebView. Exposes WebMessages to allow communication between the web page and the wrapper, allowing you to execute code in the wrapper using JavaScript 🚀.

Used in 🤖 Pwsh.Ai

How to use

1. Open the powershell in your index.html folder and run:

   Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/JoaoVKS/WebWrapperNet/releases/download/v2.0.0/WebWrapV2.zip" -OutFile "temp.zip"; Expand-Archive -Path "temp.zip" -DestinationPath "."; Remove-Item "temp.zip"

2. Run the .exe

Or

1. Publish the project (e.g.: dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained) — the .exe will be generated at bin\Release\net10.0-windows\win-x64\publish\WebWrap\
2. Place the generated .exe in the same folder as your index.html
3. Run the .exe

Or

1. Download the .zip of the latest release
2. Extract the contents where your index.html is located
3. Run the extracted .exe

See the folder SampleProject for an example of how to use WebWrapperNet in a project.

WebWrapper will:

• Start a web server to serve the index.html content.
• Open a window with the index.html content.
• Automatically load the page title and icon.
• Expose an HTTP proxy for requests.
• Expose web messages to handle PowerShell manipulation and other interactions.

WebMessages API

• httpRequest - Make HTTP requests
• pwshNew - Create a new PowerShell process
• pwshInput - Send input to PowerShell
• pwshKill - Kill a PowerShell process
• pwshStop - Stop a PowerShell process
• pwshAsyncOutput - Get async output from PowerShell
• brwsReload - Reload the browser
• fileWrite - Write content to a file
• fileRead - Read content from a file
• fileTextSearch - Search text in a file
• sysInfo - Get system information
• rawToMd - Convert documents (PDF, Word, HTML, JSON, etc.) to Markdown

SampleHttpRequest:

Sample of how to use the WebWrapperNet WebMessages to make requests using JavaScript

• Download:

  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/JoaoVKS/WebWrapperNet/releases/download/v2.0.0/webWrapV2SampleHttp.zip" -OutFile "temp.zip"; Expand-Archive -Path "temp.zip" -DestinationPath "."; Remove-Item "temp.zip"

Requirements

• .NET 10 — https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/10.0
• WebView2 Runtime — https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/