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.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /target
 .env
-node_modules
+node_modules
+dist

desktop/app.js

@@ -33,8 +33,26 @@ const state = {
 };
 
 // --- Desktop Backend Configuration ---
-const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+let API_BASE_URL = ''; // Will be initialized via IPC
-const API_BASE_URL = urlParams.get('backend') || ''; // Absolute URL to the remote server
+
+async function initializeConfig() {
+  try {
+    const config = await window.electronAPI.getConfig();
+    API_BASE_URL = config.backendUrl;
+    console.log(`Backend initialized: ${API_BASE_URL}`);
+
+    // Start the app now that config is ready
+    init();
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("Failed to fetch config via IPC", err);
+    // Fallback to URL search params if IPC fails (unlikely in desktop app)
+    const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+    API_BASE_URL = urlParams.get('backend') || '';
+  }
+}
+
+// Start config fetch immediately
+initializeConfig();
 
 function getWsUrl(path) {
   let urlStr;
@@ -1625,4 +1643,5 @@ async function init() {
   }
 }
 
-init();
+// Config fetcher will trigger init()
+initializeConfig();

desktop/preload.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } = require('electron');
 
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronAPI', {
-    copyToClipboard: (text) => ipcRenderer.invoke('clipboard-write', text)
+    copyToClipboard: (text) => ipcRenderer.invoke('clipboard-write', text),
+    getConfig: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('get-config')
 });

main.js

@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ function createWindow() {
         }
     });
 
+    win.setAutoHideMenuBar(true);
+    win.setMenuBarVisibility(false);
+
+    ipcMain.handle('get-config', () => {
+        return {
+            backendUrl: (process.env.CHATTZ_URL || 'https://discord.flegr.me').replace(/\/$/, '')
+        };
+    });
+
     ipcMain.handle('clipboard-write', (event, text) => {
         clipboard.writeText(text);
         return true;
@@ -60,20 +69,25 @@ function createWindow() {
     const backendUrl = (process.env.CHATTZ_URL || 'https://discord.flegr.me').replace(/\/$/, '');
     const indexPath = path.join(__dirname, 'desktop', 'index.html');
 
-    // Construct the local file URL with the backend parameter
-    const localUrl = url.format({
-        pathname: indexPath,
-        protocol: 'file:',
-        slashes: true,
-        query: { backend: backendUrl }
-    });
-
-    console.log(`Loading desktop app from: ${localUrl}`);
-
     const loadDesktopApp = (queryParams = '') => {
-        const fullUrl = queryParams ? `${localUrl}&${queryParams}` : localUrl;
+        const options = {};
-        win.loadURL(fullUrl).catch((err) => {
+        if (queryParams) {
-            console.error(`Failed to load desktop file: ${err}`);
+            try {
+                options.query = Object.fromEntries(new URLSearchParams(queryParams));
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.error("Failed to parse query params", e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Use setImmediate to ensure the current navigation tick is cleared,
+        // which prevents ERR_ABORTED (-3) on some platforms when interrupting a redirect.
+        setImmediate(() => {
+            if (win.isDestroyed()) return;
+            win.loadFile(indexPath, options).catch((err) => {
+                // Ignore aborted errors as they often happen during fast redirects
+                if (err.toString().includes('-3') || err.code === -3) return;
+                console.error(`Failed to load desktop file: ${err}`);
+            });
         });
     };
 
@@ -82,26 +96,19 @@ function createWindow() {
         try {
             const urlObj = new URL(navigatedUrl);
             const backendObj = new URL(backendUrl);
+            // Detect the redirect back to the home page with a token
             if (urlObj.origin === backendObj.origin && urlObj.pathname === '/') {
-                console.log("Detected remote landing (login success), returning to desktop UI...");
+                if (urlObj.searchParams.has('token')) {
-                event.preventDefault();
+                    console.log("Detected login success redirect, returning to desktop UI...");
-                loadDesktopApp(urlObj.search.slice(1));
+                    event.preventDefault();
+                    loadDesktopApp(urlObj.search.slice(1));
+                }
             }
         } catch (e) {
             console.error(e);
         }
     });
 
-    win.webContents.on('did-navigate', (event, navigatedUrl) => {
-        try {
-            const urlObj = new URL(navigatedUrl);
-            const backendObj = new URL(backendUrl);
-            if (urlObj.origin === backendObj.origin && urlObj.pathname === '/') {
-                loadDesktopApp(urlObj.search.slice(1));
-            }
-        } catch (e) { }
-    });
-
     loadDesktopApp();
 
     // Uncomment to debug

package.json

@@ -2,12 +2,40 @@
     "name": "chattz-electron",
     "version": "0.1.0",
     "description": "Electron frontend for Chattz",
+    "author": "Pavel Flegr <pavelflegr@gmail.com>",
+    "homepage": "https://discord.flegr.me",
     "main": "main.js",
     "scripts": {
         "start": "electron .",
-        "dev": "electron ."
+        "dev": "electron .",
+        "dist": "electron-builder -l"
+    },
+    "build": {
+        "appId": "me.flegr.chattz",
+        "productName": "Chattz",
+        "linux": {
+            "target": [
+                "rpm"
+            ]
+        },
+        "win": {
+            "target": [
+                "nsis"
+            ]
+        },
+        "files": [
+            "main.js",
+            "package.json",
+            "desktop/",
+            "static/",
+            "!dist"
+        ],
+        "directories": {
+            "output": "dist"
+        }
     },
     "devDependencies": {
-        "electron": "^34.5.8"
+        "electron": "^34.5.8",
+        "electron-builder": "^25.1.8"
     }
-}
+}