make wildcard (*) a possible parentUrl

Signed-off-by: Timo K <toger5@hotmail.de>
2026-08-20 20:49:20 +00:00 · 2023-08-31 12:46:00 +02:00
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/src/widget.ts
+++ b/src/widget.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ export const widget: WidgetHelpers | null = (() => {
    const parentUrl = query.get("parentUrl");

    if (widgetId && parentUrl) {
-      const parentOrigin = new URL(parentUrl).origin;
+      // Allow * (wildcard) as the parentOrigin. This is needed if the widget does
+      // not run in an IFrame and instead needs to send the messages to the webview itself.
+      const parentOrigin = parentUrl === "*" ? "*" : new URL(parentUrl).origin;
      logger.info("Widget API is available");
      const api = new WidgetApi(widgetId, parentOrigin);
      api.requestCapability(MatrixCapabilities.AlwaysOnScreen);