How to use preload script in Electron Webview with React

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The preload attribute requires to use the file: protocol.
Because of the way electron and webpack work, it's a nightmare to use the preload attribute from the Renderer process, in the DOM.

The trick is to do it from the Main process.

In src/main/main.ts:

app.on('web-contents-created', (_event, contents) => {
  contents.on('will-attach-webview', (_wawevent, webPreferences, _params) => {
    webPreferences.preloadURL = `file://${__dirname}/webview-preload.js`;
  });
});

In src/main/webview-preload.js:

document.addEventListener(
  'DOMContentLoaded',
  () => {
    // YOUR CODE HERE
  },
  false
);

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