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feat(webext): try to determine app_id from native messaging binary environment #234

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feat: don't check PIDs
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17 changes: 15 additions & 2 deletions webext/app/credential_manager_shim.py
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from enum import Enum
import json
import logging
import os
from pathlib import Path
import re
import secrets
import signal
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return response_json


def discover_app_id():
desktop_file_name = os.environ.get("GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE")
if not desktop_file_name:
logging.debug("Browser was not launched from a desktop entry.")
return None

return Path(desktop_file_name).stem


async def get_interface():
global INTERFACE
if INTERFACE and INTERFACE.bus.connected:
return INTERFACE

bus = await MessageBus().connect()
logging.debug("Connected to bus")
import os

logging.info(os.getcwd())

app_id = discover_app_id() or APP_ID
logging.info(f"Registering with the portal as {app_id}")

msg = Message(
"org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop",
"/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop",
"org.freedesktop.host.portal.Registry",
"Register",
signature="sa{sv}",
body=[
APP_ID,
app_id,
{},
],
)
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