- cl-webkit - WebKitGTK+ binding for Common Lisp
** About
cl-webkit is a binding to [WebKitGTK+] for Common Lisp, currently
targeting WebKit version 2. The WebKitGTK+ library adds web browsing
capabilities to an application, leveraging the full power of the
WebKit browsing engine.
** API overview
The cl-webkit API closely follows the WebKit2 API, with the exception
that class based interfaces are preferred over functional interfaces
in cases where both are provided.
That is, ~*_{new,get,set}~ methods are excluded in favour of
~make-instance~ and slot accessors wherever possible.
For documentation on how to use the WebKit2 API, please refer to the C
API documentation.
Backwards compatibility (with older WebKit2 API versions) is not a
priority. The binding targets the latest version of Webkit2Gtk+
available on mainstream distributions.
** Dependencies
- A working installation of WebKit2GTK+ (whichever package provides
~libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so~, e.g., ~libwebkit2gtk~ on Debian).
- A [CFFI] compatible Common Lisp implementation. The package is
developed using [SBCL] but should work on any implementation that
supports CFFI.
- A recent checkout of [cl-cffi-gtk]
** Installation
Assuming you have [Quicklisp] installed, do
- Clone to =~/common-lisp/quicklisp/local-projects/cl-webkit=
-
lisp
-
(ql:quickload :cl-webkit2)
*** Testing
To run tests, you need to additionally install [[https://github.com/hawkir/calispel][Calispel]],
[[https://github.com/Shinmera/float-features][float-features]] and [[https://github.com/lispci/fiveam][FiveAM]] (all of these are available via
Quicklisp). After that, simply running =(asdf:test-system :cl-webkit2)=
should be enough.
** Contributing
Contributing implies an agreement to redistribute the work under the
project's license (see below); please make sure that you own the
rights to the work you contribute.
** Resources
** Change Log
*** 3.5.10
- Add message sending to all extensions in WebkitWebWebContext.
- Add user script handlers support.
- Fix the type passed to language-related functions.
*** 3.5.9
- Add micro Webkit version to =features=.
*** 3.5.8
- Remove support for Webkit shared lib version 5.0 due to libsoup conflicts.
*** 3.5.7
- Add bindings for WebKitUserContentFilterStore.
- Add more properties for WebKitWebView.
- Add WEBKIT_HIT_TEST_RESULT_CONTEXT_SELECTION value for WebKitHitTestResult enum.
- Fix several implicit dependency issues.
*** 3.5.6
- Fix SoapMessageHeaders' access from WebKitURIResponse.
*** 3.5.5
- Add SoapMessageHeaders bindings.
- Use them everywhere, in custom scheme processing too.
*** 3.5.4
- Add WebKitWebResource bindings.
- Add WebKitUriSchemeResponse bindings and use them in scheme callbacks by default.
- Add GAction-related functions for WebKitContextMenuAction.
*** 3.5.3
- Fix typing for context menu item-related functions.
*** 3.5.2
- Fix string processing for custom URLs -- no longer segfaulting on long strings.
*** 3.5.1
- Add support for libwebkit2gtk-5.0.
- Add advanced editing commands with =webkit-web-view-execute-editing-command-with-arguments= as the way to execute those.
- Bugfixes in custom schemes and color chooser requests.
*** 3.5.0
- Add webkit-web-view-set-cors-allowlist, a binding for a recently (2.34.1) introduced =webkit_web_view_set_cors_allowlist=.
- Bug Fix: Catch any condition in C callbacks to avoid crashing the whole Lisp process due to unhandled conditions.
*** 3.4.0
- Add a binding for =webkit_web_view_try_close=.
*** 3.3.0
- Add full bindings for =WebKitURIRequest= and =WebKitNotification=.
- Support libwebkit2gtk-4.1.
- Rename starred functions to non-starred for consistency:
- =webkit-web-view-can-execute-editing-command*= -> =webkit-web-view-can-execute-editing-command=.
- =webkit-web-view-send-message-to-page*= -> =webkit-web-view-send-message-to-page=
*** 3.2.0
- Add =webkit-web-view-can-execute-editing-command*= for easier execution command checking.
*** 3.1.1
- Export =webkit-web-view-execute-editing-command= properly.
*** 3.1.0
Additions:
- =webkit-web-view-send-message-to-page*= to send =WebKitUserMesssages= in
a nicer Lispy way.
- More =WebKitSettings= settings.
- Bind all the subtypes of =WebKitPermissionRequest=.
- Bindings for:
- =webkit_user_content_manager_remove_script=
- =webkit_user_content_manager_remove_style_sheet=
- New =g-variant-get-maybe-string=: checks =GVariant= for nullness and returns
a contained string if possible.
- The =WebKitURISchemeRequest= callbacks run on separate thread now.
- =make-jsc-function= should return the original =JSCValue= as a second value.
Minor API-breaking changes:
- =webkit-web-context-register-uri-scheme-callback= now has one less optional arguments.
Bug Fixes:
- Fix mistyped JSC-related exports.
- Use :string type instead of :pointer for =WebKitUserMessage= names.
- webkit2.uri-response is not loaded in cl-webkit.asd.
*** 3.0.0
- Make =webkit-web-view-evaluate-javascript= process the returned values
and turn them into the matching Lisp values (see =jsc-value-to-lisp=
docstring for transformation rules).
- The callback to the =webkit-web-view-evaluate-javascript= now accepts
two required arguments -- the Lispy data, transformed from the
results of code evaluation, and an original [[https://webkitgtk.org/reference/jsc-glib/2.32.1/JSCValue.html][JSCValue]] it was
transformed from.
- Add tests (webkit2/tests/ subdirectory and =cl-webkit2/tests= system),
mostly for JS evaluation results.
** Copying
cl-webkit is distributed under the MIT license.
Please note that this licence only covers the binding itself. Refer to
the distribution terms of the third-party dependencies for details.