Send data to a webframe

Pass component state to content running in a webframe.

This guide builds a block that sends text input to a webframe. The webframe displays the latest text value.

Before you start

You need a local integration project and a page that your webframe can load. Follow the integration quickstart before continuing.

Add the component

In your integration entry file, create and register the component:

import { createComponent, createIntegration } from '@gitbook/runtime';

const webframeData = createComponent({
  componentId: 'webframe-data',
  render: async (element) => (
    <block>
      <textinput
        state="content"
        label="Message"
        placeholder="Enter a message"
      />
      <webframe
        source={{ url: '/iframe.html' }}
        data={{
          content: element.dynamicState('content')
        }}
      />
    </block>
  )
});

export default createIntegration({
  components: [webframeData]
});

Replace /iframe.html with the URL served by your app. dynamicState sends updated input values to the webframe.

Receive the data

In the page loaded by the webframe, listen for messages from GitBook:

window.addEventListener('message', (event) => {
  const content = event.data.state.content;

  document.querySelector('#message').textContent = content ?? '';
});

Add an element with the message ID to the page. The handler updates that element when GitBook sends new state.

Add the block to your manifest

In gitbook-manifest.yaml, add the block to the blocks list:

title: My integration
blocks:
  - id: webframe-data
    title: Webframe data

The manifest block ID must match componentId.

Test the block

1. Start your integration with the development command.
2. Insert Webframe data from the inline palette.
3. Enter text in the block.

The webframe receives the updated value in event.data.state.content.

Next steps

Use the webframe reference to access page context, visitor claims, and navigation actions.