Use BroadcastChannel to allow WebExtensions to communicate with Test Pilot

addon/index.js

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Mustache.parse(templates.experimentList);
 
 const Metrics = require('./lib/metrics');
 const survey = require('./lib/survey');
+const WebExtensionChannels = require('./lib/webextension-channels');
 
 const PANEL_WIDTH = 300;
 const FOOTER_HEIGHT = 50;
@@ -233,8 +234,8 @@ panel.on('show', showExperimentList);
 panel.port.on('back', showExperimentList);
 
 function showExperimentList() {
-  panel.port.emit('show', getExperimentList(store.availableExperiments,
-                                            store.installedAddons));
+  panel.port.emit('show', getExperimentList(store.availableExperiments || {},
+                                            store.installedAddons || {}));
 }
 
 panel.port.on('link', url => {
@@ -475,6 +476,7 @@ const addonListener = {
         version: addon.version
       });
       Metrics.experimentEnabled(addon.id);
+      WebExtensionChannels.updateExperimentChannels();
     }
   },
   onDisabled: function(addon) {
@@ -486,6 +488,7 @@ const addonListener = {
         version: addon.version
       });
       Metrics.experimentDisabled(addon.id);
+      WebExtensionChannels.updateExperimentChannels();
     }
   },
   onUninstalling: function(addon) {
@@ -511,6 +514,7 @@ const addonListener = {
       }
 
       Metrics.experimentDisabled(addon.id);
+      WebExtensionChannels.updateExperimentChannels();
     }
   }
 };
@@ -525,6 +529,7 @@ const installListener = {
                formatInstallData(install, addon), addon);
     });
     Metrics.experimentEnabled(addon.id);
+    WebExtensionChannels.updateExperimentChannels();
   },
   onInstallFailed: function(install) {
     app.send('addon-install:install-failed', formatInstallData(install));
@@ -571,6 +576,7 @@ exports.main = function(options) {
 
   initServerEnvironmentPreference();
   Metrics.init();
+  WebExtensionChannels.init();
 };
 
 exports.onUnload = function(reason) {
@@ -579,6 +585,7 @@ exports.onUnload = function(reason) {
   panel.destroy();
   button.destroy();
   Metrics.destroy();
+  WebExtensionChannels.destroy();
 
   if (reason === 'uninstall' || reason === 'disable') {
     Metrics.onDisable();

addon/lib/webextension-channels.js

@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/*
+ * This Source Code is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License
+ * version 2.0 (the 'License'). You can obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+/* global XPCOMUtils, Services */
+
+const { Ci, Cu } = require('chrome');
+const { Class } = require('sdk/core/heritage');
+const { Disposable } = require('sdk/core/disposable');
+
+const store = require('sdk/simple-storage').storage;
+
+const Metrics = require('./metrics');
+
+const TESTPILOT_TELEMETRY_CHANNEL = 'testpilot-telemetry';
+
+Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm');
+
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, 'Services',
+                                  'resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm');
+
+const {getExtensionUUID} = Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/Extension.jsm', {});
+
+function createChannelForAddonId(name, addonId) {
+  // The BroadcastChannel API allows messaging between different windows that
+  // share the same origin. Bug 1186732 extended this to WebExtensions (which
+  // may not have an origin) by adding a special URL that loads an about:blank
+  // page at the (generalized) "origin" of the extension.
+  //
+  // Load that about:blank page, and use its `window` to get a BroadcastChannel
+  // that allows two-way communication between the main Test Pilot extension and
+  // individual experiment extensions.
+
+  // Note: the `targetExtensionUUID` is different for each copy of Firefox,
+  // so that malicious websites can't guess the special URL associated with
+  // an extension.
+  const targetExtensionUUID = getExtensionUUID(addonId);
+
+  // Create the special about:blank URL for the extension.
+  const baseURI = Services.io
+        .newURI(`moz-extension://${targetExtensionUUID}/_blank.html`, null, null);
+
+  // Create a principal (security context) for the generalized origin given
+  // by the extension's special URL and its `addonId`.
+  const principal = Services.scriptSecurityManager
+        .createCodebasePrincipal(baseURI, { addonId });
+
+  // Create a hidden window and open the special about:blank page for the
+  // extension.
+  const addonChromeWebNav = Services.appShell.createWindowlessBrowser(true);
+  const docShell = addonChromeWebNav.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor) // eslint-disable-line new-cap
+        .getInterface(Ci.nsIDocShell);
+  docShell.createAboutBlankContentViewer(principal);
+  const window = docShell.contentViewer.DOMDocument.defaultView;
+
+  // Finally, get the BroadcastChannel associated with the extension.
+  const addonBroadcastChannel = new window.BroadcastChannel(name);
+
+  // Callers need to keep the pointer to the window, otherwise the window's
+  // BroadcastChannel will get garbage collected.
+  return {
+    addonChromeWebNav,
+    addonBroadcastChannel
+  };
+}
+
+const WebExtensionChannel = Class({ // eslint-disable-line new-cap
+  implements: [Disposable],
+
+  initialize(targetAddonId) {
+    this.pingListeners = new Set();
+
+    this.targetAddonId = targetAddonId;
+
+    const {
+      addonChromeWebNav,
+      addonBroadcastChannel
+    } = createChannelForAddonId(TESTPILOT_TELEMETRY_CHANNEL, targetAddonId);
+
+    // NOTE: Keep a ref to prevent it from going away during garbage collection
+    // (or the BroadcastChannel will stop working).
+    this.addonChromeWebNav = addonChromeWebNav;
+    this.addonBroadcastChannel = addonBroadcastChannel;
+
+    this.handleEventBound = ev => this.handleEvent(ev);
+  },
+
+  dispose() {
+    this.addonBroadcastChannel.removeEventListener('message', this.handleEventBound);
+    this.addonBroadcastChannel.close();
+    this.addonChromeWebNav.close();
+    this.pingListeners.clear();
+
+    this.addonBroadcastChannel = null;
+    this.addonChromeWebNav = null;
+  },
+
+  registerPingListener(callback) {
+    this.pingListeners.add(callback);
+
+    if (this.pingListeners.size >= 0) {
+      this.addonBroadcastChannel.addEventListener('message', this.handleEventBound);
+    }
+  },
+
+  unregisterPingListener(callback) {
+    this.pingListeners.delete(callback);
+
+    if (this.pingListeners.size === 0) {
+      this.addonBroadcastChannel.removeEventListener('message', this.handleEventBound);
+    }
+  },
+
+  handleEvent(event) {
+    if (event.data) {
+      this.notifyPing(event.data, {addonId: this.targetAddonId});
+    }
+  },
+
+  notifyPing(data, sender) {
+    for (let pingListener of this.pingListeners) { // eslint-disable-line prefer-const
+      try {
+        pingListener({
+          senderAddonId: sender.addonId,
+          testpilotPingData: data
+        });
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error('Error executing pingListener', err); // eslint-disable-line no-console
+      }
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+let channels = {};
+
+module.exports = {
+  WebExtensionChannel,
+
+  // Update all the channels on init.
+  init() {
+    this.updateExperimentChannels();
+  },
+
+  // Drop refs to channels for garbage collection
+  destroy() {
+    channels = {};
+  },
+
+  // Rebuild channels for all known experiments
+  updateExperimentChannels() {
+    channels = {};
+    if (store.installedAddons) {
+      Object.keys(store.installedAddons).forEach(id => {
+        const channel = new WebExtensionChannel(id);
+        channels[id] = channel;
+        channel.registerPingListener(data =>
+          this.handleWebExtensionPing(id, data));
+      });
+    }
+  },
+
+  // Pass a ping message along to Telemetry via Metrics
+  handleWebExtensionPing(id, data) {
+    Metrics.onExperimentPing({
+      subject: id,
+      data: JSON.stringify(data)
+    });
+  }
+};

docs/examples/webextension/background.js

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+var TESTPILOT_TELEMETRY_CHANNEL = 'testpilot-telemetry';
+var testpilotPingChannel = new BroadcastChannel(TESTPILOT_TELEMETRY_CHANNEL);
+setInterval(function () {
+  testpilotPingChannel.postMessage({
+    boolData: true,
+    arrayOfData: ["one", "two", "three"],
+    nestedData: {
+      intData: 10,
+    },
+  });
+  console.log("TEST PILOT PING SENT", Date.now());
+}, 5000);

docs/examples/webextension/manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "manifest_version": 2,
+  "name": "Test Pilot WebExtension Example",
+  "version": "1.0",
+  "description": "This is a WebExtension built as an example Test Pilot experiment",
+  "icons": {
+    "32": "icons/icon-32.png"
+  },
+  "permissions": ["background"],
+  "applications": {
+    "gecko": {
+      "id": "testpilotexample1@mozilla.org",
+      "strict_min_version": "45.0"
+    }
+  },
+  "background": {
+    "scripts": ["background.js"]
+  }
+}