[REL] In-Game Browser (For Modders) [DISCONTINUED]

This mod is a framework for other mods to use - by itself, it does not add anything, but allows other mods to easily display a webpage.

An example using the Browser as a Bug Tracker viewer:


Installation
Current build: 52168 (version 1)

Step 1:
Download the rBrowser.zip attachment, and extract it to <PA Install directory>/PA/media/ui/mods/

Step 2:
Install the PA UI Mod Manager: https://forums.uberent.com/threads/rel-ui-mod-manager-v1-2.50726/
Tick the box for "In-Game Browser" to enable to mod.

Usage
Set "Requires=rBrowser" in your mod's ini file. The browser has a priority of 50, so it will load before other mods by default.

You can then control the browser from your mod with the following functions:

Open Browser
model.openBrowser(); (or just "click: openBrowser" within a data-bind)
Make sure you set a home page (and call navBrowserHome) before calling this method, or the browser won't display anything. OpenBrowser does not call navBrowserHome(), in order to allow you to close & reopen the browser at the same place.

Close Browser
model.closeBrowser(); (or just "click: closeBrowser" within a data-bind)

Setting Brower Title
model.browserTitle("Planetary Annihilation Bug Tracker");

Setting Browser Home Page
model.browserHome("http://pa.lennardf1989.com/Tracker/");

Go to Home Page
model.navBrowserHome();

Awesome, I'll be using this. Thanks!

I think this might be helpful when I'll tackly the todo point "redo chart integration" for PA Stats. Currently they are a bit scroll heavy.

Continues to work in build 52512.

Did you ever manage to get a site login working for this Raevn? I'm guessing cookies are disabled:

http://coherent-labs.com/Documentat...ttings.html#a1d8f185b91a3150c8fa7fda72b102266

Uber, can we get this enabled pleeeaaase?

Not sure if it's cookies or session data that aren't kept (or both). If I remember correctly, @LennardF1989 said that a login to the bug tracker should be valid as long as the session is still active even without cookies, so it looks like it's more to do with sessions. It affects the PA forums too

I've asked a dev about this, and they said they were looking into it. I tried again with the latest build, but it hasn't been enabled/fixed. It may be a security issue or other tricky one which they can't simply turn on and leave it at that.

The cookie is in the browser, the session is on the server. You can't hold a session without passing a session id for each request. The session id is usually stored in the cookie, but you could potentially pass it through the URL, or via page form posts or something. Having a cookie is definitely the most convenient method.

I don't see how it would be any less secure than standard web browsing... A malicious mod could post the session cookie somewhere, but it can do stuff like that now anyway, I don't see how a cookie makes it worse. I think it's more likely they just hadn't considered it/didn't need it until you asked about it.

Continues to work in 52973 (sessions issue is still present)

Community awesomeness right here.

I certainly agree

You posted this at about 3 in the morrning PDT. I presume the office camp bed is comfy?

Also, 'grats Raevn on getting not one, but two mods included in the final game! (so far...)

This is now included in the game under media\ui\alpha\shared\browser.js

I just came here to download this and it looks like I don't have to! AND cookies are working!! Happy days!