[web] improvement: able to specify a custom User-Agent when installing apps that demand specific settings to work properly on Electron 13.X

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## [0.9.24]
+### Improvements
+- Web
+  - able to specify a custom User-Agent when installing apps that demand specific settings to work properly on Electron 13.X (e.g: WhatsApp Web)
+
 ## [0.9.23] 2021-12-10
 ### Features
 - General

bauh/gems/web/controller.py

@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ class WebApplicationManager(SoftwareManager):
                                                              electron_version=electron_version if not widevine_support else None,
                                                              system=bool(web_config['environment']['system']),
                                                              cwd=INSTALLED_PATH,
+                                                             user_agent=pkg.user_agent,
                                                              extra_options=install_options))
 
         if not installed:
@@ -893,7 +894,8 @@ class WebApplicationManager(SoftwareManager):
                              icon_url=suggestion.get('icon_url'),
                              categories=[suggestion['category']] if suggestion.get('category') else None,
                              preset_options=suggestion.get('options'),
-                             save_icon=suggestion.get('save_icon', False))
+                             save_icon=suggestion.get('save_icon', False),
+                             user_agent=suggestion.get('user_agent'))
 
         app.set_version(suggestion.get('version'))
 

bauh/gems/web/model.py

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ class WebApplication(SoftwarePackage):
                  icon_url: Optional[str] = None, installation_dir: Optional[str] = None, desktop_entry: Optional[str] = None,
                  installed: bool = False, version: Optional[str] = None, categories: Optional[List[str]] = None,
                  custom_icon: Optional[str] = None, preset_options: Optional[List[str]] = None, save_icon: bool = True,
-                 options_set: Optional[List[str]] = None, package_name: Optional[str] = None, source_url: Optional[str] = None):
+                 options_set: Optional[List[str]] = None, package_name: Optional[str] = None, source_url: Optional[str] = None,
+                 user_agent: Optional[str] = None):
         super(WebApplication, self).__init__(id=id if id else url, name=name, description=description,
                                              icon_url=icon_url, installed=installed, version=version,
                                              categories=categories)
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ class WebApplication(SoftwarePackage):
         self.package_name = package_name
         self.custom_icon = custom_icon
         self.set_custom_icon(custom_icon)
+        self.user_agent = user_agent
 
     def get_source_url(self):
         if self.source_url:
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@ class WebApplication(SoftwarePackage):
     @staticmethod
     def _get_cached_attrs() -> tuple:
         return 'id', 'name', 'version', 'url', 'description', 'icon_url', 'installation_dir', \
-               'desktop_entry', 'categories', 'custom_icon', 'options_set', 'save_icon', 'package_name', 'source_url'
+               'desktop_entry', 'categories', 'custom_icon', 'options_set', 'save_icon', 'package_name', 'source_url', \
+               'user_agent'
 
     def can_be_downgraded(self):
         return False

bauh/gems/web/nativefier.py

@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ from bauh.commons.system import SimpleProcess, run_cmd
 from bauh.gems.web import NATIVEFIER_BIN_PATH, NODE_PATHS, ELECTRON_CACHE_DIR
 
 
-def install(url: str, name: str, output_dir: str, electron_version: Optional[str], cwd: str, system: bool, extra_options: List[str] = None) -> SimpleProcess:
+def install(url: str, name: str, output_dir: str, electron_version: Optional[str], cwd: str, system: bool,
+            user_agent: Optional[str] = None, extra_options: List[str] = None) -> SimpleProcess:
     cmd = [NATIVEFIER_BIN_PATH if not system else 'nativefier', url, '--name', name, output_dir]
 
     if electron_version:
         cmd.append('-e')
         cmd.append(electron_version)
 
+    if user_agent:
+        cmd.extend(('--user-agent', user_agent))
+
     if extra_options:
         cmd.extend(extra_options)