sneedium/main.js

// Modules to control application life and create native browser window
const {app, BrowserWindow, session} = require('electron')
const path = require('path')
const fetch = require("cross-fetch")


function createWindow () {
  // Create the browser window.
  const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    webPreferences: {
      preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js'),
      webviewTag: true
    }
  })

  
const toBlock = [
  "*://*.doubleclick.net/*",
  "*://partner.googleadservices.com/*",
  "*://*.googlesyndication.com/*",
  "*://*.google-analytics.com/*",
  "*://creative.ak.fbcdn.net/*",
  "*://*.adbrite.com/*",
  "*://*.exponential.com/*",
  "*://*.quantserve.com/*",
  "*://*.scorecardresearch.com/*",
  "*://*.zedo.com/*",
  "*://*.a-ads.com/*",
  "*://*.777partner.com/*",
  "*://*.77tracking.com/*",
  "*://*.abc-ads.com/*",
  "*://*.aaxads.com/*",
  "*://*.adizio.com/*",
  "*://*.adjix.com/*",
  "*://*.adjug.com/*",
  "*://*.adjuggler.com/*",
  "*://*.trafficjunky.net/*",
  "*://*.trafficleader.com/*",
  "*://*.trafficrouter.io/*"
  ]
  
  function containsAD(url) {
    var i;
    for (i = 0; i < toBlock.length; i++) {
        regex = toBlock[i].replace(/\*/g, "[^ ]*");
        if (url.match(regex)) {
            return true;
        }
    }

    return false;
  }

  session.defaultSession.webRequest.onBeforeRequest((details, callback) => {
    if(/api\/v\d\/science$/g.test(details.url) || containsAD(details.url)) {
      return callback({cancel: true})
    }
    return callback({})
  })

  // and load the index.html of the app.
  mainWindow.loadFile('index.html')

  // Open the DevTools.
  mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()
}

// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
app.whenReady().then(() => {
  createWindow()

  app.on('activate', function () {
    // On macOS it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
    // dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
    if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow()
  })
})

// Quit when all windows are closed, except on macOS. There, it's common
// for applications and their menu bar to stay active until the user quits
// explicitly with Cmd + Q.
app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') app.quit()
})

// In this file you can include the rest of your app's specific main process
// code. You can also put them in separate files and require them here.