Add command line flag to make the packaged app ignore certificate errors, fixes #69

README.md

@@ -185,6 +185,13 @@ By default, nativefier uses a preset user agent string for your OS and masquerad
 
 If this flag is passed, it will not override the user agent.
 
+#### [insecure]
+
+```
+--insecure
+```
+Forces the packaged app to ignore certificate errors.
+
 ## How It Works
 
 A template app with the appropriate event listeners and callbacks set up is included in the `./app` folder. When the `nativefier` command is executed, this folder is copied to a temporary directory with the appropriate parameters in a configuration file, and is packaged into an app with [Electron Packager](https://github.com/maxogden/electron-packager).

app/src/main.js

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ var appArgs = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(APP_ARGS_FILE_PATH, 'utf8'));
 
 var mainWindow;
 
+if (appArgs.insecure) {
+    app.commandLine.appendSwitch('ignore-certificate-errors');
+}
+
 // do nothing for setDockBadge if not OSX
 let setDockBadge = () => {};
 

src/buildApp.js

@@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ function buildApp(options, callback) {
                 options.showMenuBar,
                 options.userAgent,
                 options.honest,
+                options.insecure,
                 callback);
         },
         (options, callback) => {
-            copyPlaceholderApp(options.dir, tmpPath, options.name, options.targetUrl, options.counter, options.width, options.height, options.showMenuBar, options.userAgent, (error, tempDirPath) => {
+            copyPlaceholderApp(options.dir, tmpPath, options.name, options.targetUrl, options.counter, options.width, options.height, options.showMenuBar, options.userAgent, options.insecure, (error, tempDirPath) => {
                 callback(error, tempDirPath, options);
             });
         },
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ function buildApp(options, callback) {
  * @param {string} userAgent
  * @param {tempDirCallback} callback
  */
-function copyPlaceholderApp(srcAppDir, tempDir, name, targetURL, counter, width, height, showMenuBar, userAgent, callback) {
+function copyPlaceholderApp(srcAppDir, tempDir, name, targetURL, counter, width, height, showMenuBar, userAgent, insecure, callback) {
     const loadedPackageJson = packageJson;
     copy(srcAppDir, tempDir, function(error) {
         if (error) {
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ function copyPlaceholderApp(srcAppDir, tempDir, name, targetURL, counter, width,
             height: height,
             showMenuBar: showMenuBar,
             userAgent: userAgent,
-            nativefierVersion: loadedPackageJson.version
+            nativefierVersion: loadedPackageJson.version,
+            insecure: insecure
         };
 
         fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tempDir, '/nativefier.json'), JSON.stringify(appArgs));

src/cli.js

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ if (require.main === module) {
         .option('-m, --show-menu-bar', 'set menu bar visible, defaults to false')
         .option('-u, --user-agent <value>', 'set the user agent string for the app')
         .option('--honest', 'prevent the nativefied app from changing the user agent string to masquerade as a regular chrome browser')
+        .option('--insecure', 'ignore certificate related errors')
         .parse(process.argv);
 
     if (!process.argv.slice(2).length) {

src/options.js

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ function optionsFactory(name,
                         showMenuBar = false,
                         userAgent,
                         honest = false,
+                        insecure = false,
                         callback) {
     targetUrl = normalizeUrl(targetUrl);
 
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ function optionsFactory(name,
         width: width,
         height: height,
         showMenuBar: showMenuBar,
-        userAgent: userAgent
+        userAgent: userAgent,
+        insecure: insecure
     };
 
     if (name && name.length > 0) {