Proxyman Electron Test App

Minimal Electron app for testing Proxyman's Electron HTTPS interception feature.

Architecture

Renderer (index.html)          Main Process (main.js)
       |                              |
       |-- IPC: fetch-get ----------->|-- net.request GET /get -->
       |<-- { status, body } ---------|<-- response -------------|
       |                              |
       |-- IPC: fetch-post ---------->|-- net.request POST /post ->
       |<-- { status, body } ---------|<-- response --------------|
       |                              |
       |-- IPC: all-done ------------>|-- app.quit()

• Renderer (index.html) triggers requests via IPC through a secure contextBridge (preload.js).
• Main process (main.js) performs HTTPS calls using Electron's net module (Chromium network stack).
• This mirrors real Electron apps (VS Code, Slack, Discord) where network calls happen in the main process, not the renderer.

Requests Made

Method	URL	Purpose
GET	https://httpbin.proxyman.app/get?source=proxyman-electron-test	Verify GET interception
POST	https://httpbin.proxyman.app/post	Verify POST interception (JSON body)

Build

./build.sh

This installs dependencies, packages the app with @electron/packager, and outputs:

ProxymanElectronTest-darwin-arm64/ProxymanElectronTest.app

Usage in Tests

The ElectronInjectionIntegrationTests reads the app path from the PROXYMAN_ELECTRON_TEST_APP_PATH environment variable, configured in AppTestPlan.xctestplan.

To update the path after rebuilding:

1. Edit ProxymanCore/AppTestPlan.xctestplan
2. Set PROXYMAN_ELECTRON_TEST_APP_PATH to the absolute path of ProxymanElectronTest.app

Files

File	Description
main.js	Main process — IPC handlers, HTTPS requests via net module
preload.js	Context bridge — exposes fetchGet, fetchPost, notifyDone to renderer
index.html	Renderer — triggers IPC calls, displays request status
package.json	Electron dependency
build.sh	Build script